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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Operation_Deadstick
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gptkbp:bridgeCaptured
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gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge
Ranville Bridge (later Horsa Bridge)
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gptkbp:casualties
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~2 German killed, 14 wounded, 50 captured
~20 British
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Major_John_Howard
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge
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gptkbp:date
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6 June 1944
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gptkbp:depictedIn
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gptkb:The_Longest_Day_(film)
Pegasus Bridge (book by Stephen Ambrose)
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Pegasus Bridge
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division
gptkb:German_716th_Infantry_Division
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Bénouville,_Normandy,_France
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gptkbp:memorial
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gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge_Museum
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gptkbp:notableParticipant
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gptkb:Lieutenant_Den_Brotheridge
Lieutenant Hans Hoeller
Lieutenant Herbert Denham Brotheridge
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gptkbp:objective
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capture and hold the Caen Canal bridge
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Operation_Overlord
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gptkbp:precededBy
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D-Day airborne landings
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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secured eastern flank of Normandy landings
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:D-Day_airborne_operations
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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