Allied operations in Normandy

GPTKB entity

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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