Allied invasion of Normandy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_invasion_of_Normandy

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneOperation	gptkb:Operation_Chicago gptkb:Operation_Detroit gptkb:Operation_Tonga
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:beachLanding	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualties	over 10,000 Allied casualties on D-Day
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Normandy_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial gptkb:Juno_Beach_Centre gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge_Museum
gptkbp:date	June 6, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falaise_Pocket
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied invasion of Normandy
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalSupport	Allied navies
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:Special_Service_Brigade gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division gptkb:Panzer_Lehr_Division gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:79th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:objective	liberation of Western Europe
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	turning point in World War II
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:British_79th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5