Allied operations in Normandy

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Normandy_campaign
gptkbp:amphibiousLanding	gptkb:D-Day
gptkbp:beachLanding	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualties	over 425,000 (combined)
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt gptkb:Omar_Bradley Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied operations in Normandy
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Saving_Private_Ryan gptkb:Band_of_Brothers
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Carentan gptkb:Battle_of_Saint-Lô gptkb:Battle_of_Caen gptkb:Falaise_Pocket gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:D-Day
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division_(Germany) gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division_(UK) gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division_(US)
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Liberation_of_Western_Europe
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Neptune gptkb:Italian_campaign
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Turning point in Western Front
gptkbp:startDate	6 June 1944
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:marine airborne operations resistance movements
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Overlord_Museum,_Normandy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7