Allied landings in Normandy

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:D-Day
gptkbp:casualties	over 10,000 Allied casualties on D-Day
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
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 D-Day anniversary
gptkbp:date	6 June 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkbp:hasBeach	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied landings in Normandy
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:Canada gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:29th_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division gptkb:Free_French_Commandos
gptkbp:objective	establish a foothold in Western Europe
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Allied_airborne_landings
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	largest seaborne invasion in history beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:marine aerial bombardment
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Utah_Beach_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6