Allied liberation of France

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	Tens of thousands (Allied and German)
gptkbp:civilianCasualties	Significant, especially in Normandy
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_Powers gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt gptkb:Omar_Bradley Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	Allied advance into Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied liberation of France
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Italy_(until_1943) gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:location	gptkb:France
gptkbp:mainEvent	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:The_Longest_Day gptkb:Saving_Private_Ryan gptkb:Band_of_Brothers
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Lyon gptkb:Marseille gptkb:Normandy gptkb:Paris gptkb:Falaise gptkb:Brittany gptkb:Caen gptkb:Provence gptkb:Saint-Lô
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:French_Resistance gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:German_7th_Army gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:German_15th_Army gptkb:2nd_Armored_Division_(US) gptkb:French_2nd_Armored_Division gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division_(US)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:German_occupation_of_France
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Liberation_of_France_from_Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:startDate	June 6, 1944
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Vichy_French_authorities
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6