Allied invasion of mainland France

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:belligerent	gptkb:Allied_Powers gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:casualties	over 200,000 Allied casualties over 200,000 German casualties
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Omar_Bradley Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	25 August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied invasion of mainland France
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Greece gptkb:Luxembourg gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Norway gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:mainLandingBeaches	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:French_Resistance gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:Special_Service_Brigade gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force gptkb:709th_Infantry_Division gptkb:1st_Polish_Armoured_Division gptkb:US_Navy gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division gptkb:3rd_British_Infantry_Division gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division gptkb:Panzer_Lehr_Division gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force gptkb:No._45_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:2nd_Canadian_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:No._46_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force gptkb:US_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando gptkb:No._3_Commando gptkb:No._4_Commando gptkb:No._6_Commando gptkb:243rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:352nd_Infantry_Division gptkb:79th_Armoured_Division gptkb:50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division gptkb:No._41_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:No._47_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:No._48_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:4th_US_Infantry_Division 716th Infantry Division 1st US Infantry Division 29th US Infantry Division 2nd US Infantry Division 5th US Infantry Division 79th US Infantry Division 8th US Infantry Division 90th US Infantry Division 91st Air Landing Division Free French 2nd Armoured Division Royal Navy Commandos
gptkbp:objective	liberation of France
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Neptune gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	turning point in World War II
gptkbp:startDate	6 June 1944
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Allied_naval_forces gptkb:Allied_air_forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Liberation_of_Corsica
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6