Battle of Normandy (1944)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Normandy_(1944)

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:casualties	over 425,000 total
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_Powers gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	1944-08-30
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkbp:goal	Liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Normandy (1944)
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Luxembourg gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Norway gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Battle_of_Caen gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Falaise gptkb:Cherbourg gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach gptkb:Caen gptkb:Carentan gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge gptkb:Saint-Lô gptkb:Pointe_du_Hoc gptkb:Bayeux
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:US_101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division_(Germany) gptkb:British_7th_Armoured_Division gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:German_352nd_Infantry_Division gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:US_82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division_(UK) gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division_(US) 12th SS Panzer Division (Germany) French 2nd Armoured Division
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_France_(1940)
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Turning point in Western Front of WWII Led to liberation of Paris Opened Western Front against Nazi Germany
gptkbp:startDate	1944-06-06
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:History_of_Normandy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6