Battle of Carpiquet

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	Heavy on both sides
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Canada gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Kurt_Meyer gptkb:George_Kitching
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	4–8 July 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_for_Caen
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Carpiquet,_Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Capture_of_Carpiquet_village_and_airfield
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Windsor
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Carpiquet