Battle of Caen

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Heinrich_Eberbach gptkb:Friedrich_Dollmann gptkb:Miles_Dempsey Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country	gptkb:France
gptkbp:date	June 6, 1944 July 19, 1944
gptkbp:duration	over one month
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Caen
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy gptkb:Caen
gptkbp:notableEvent	civilian casualties urban combat heavy bombing of Caen
gptkbp:objective	capture of Caen
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Goodwood gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Atlantic gptkb:Operation_Charnwood gptkb:Operation_Epsom gptkb:Operation_Jupiter gptkb:Operation_Windsor
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	strategic city in Normandy
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:German_21st_Panzer_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5