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Atlantic Wall (WWII fortifications)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Atlantic_Wall_(WWII_fortifications)
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:castle
gptkbp:built
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:builtBy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:constructionStartYear
1942
gptkbp:dateOfMajorAttack
6 June 1944
gptkbp:defendedIn
gptkb:German_Wehrmacht
gptkbp:enemyOf
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:engineeredFor
gptkb:Organisation_Todt
gptkbp:extendsTo
gptkb:French-Spanish_border
gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:features
artillery batteries
bunkers
minefields
anti-tank obstacles
machine gun nests
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Atlantic Wall (WWII fortifications)
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Maginot_Line
gptkb:Westwall_(Siegfried_Line)
gptkbp:length
over 2,600 km
gptkbp:location
coast of continental Europe
gptkbp:material
gptkb:steel
concrete
wood
barbed wire
mines
sandbags
anti-tank obstacles (Czech hedgehogs)
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Festung_Europa
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:D-Day_(Normandy_landings)
gptkbp:notablePlace
gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkb:Pointe_du_Hoc
gptkbp:order
gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:partOf
German defensive strategy
gptkbp:purpose
defend against Allied invasion
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:German_occupation_of_Belgium
gptkb:German_occupation_of_France
German occupation of Norway
German occupation of Netherlands
gptkbp:remnantsLocatedIn
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:France
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:status
partially preserved
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Wassenaarse_Slag_(beach)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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