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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:casualties
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unknown
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkb:Admiral_Alan_G._Kirk
Admiral Friedrich Ruge
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:date
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6 June 1944
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Normandy_landings
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bombardment of Normandy
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:Allied_naval_forces
gptkb:Free_French_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Normandy,_France
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gptkbp:notableShip
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gptkb:HMS_Orion
gptkb:HMS_Belfast
gptkb:USS_Arkansas
gptkb:HMS_Warspite
gptkb:HMS_Glasgow
gptkb:USS_Nevada
gptkb:USS_Texas
gptkb:HMS_Ajax
gptkb:HMS_Rodney
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gptkbp:objective
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soften German coastal defenses
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Normandy_landings
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gptkbp:precededBy
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pre-invasion aerial bombardment
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gptkbp:purpose
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destroy German artillery positions
support amphibious landings
neutralize coastal batteries
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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enabled Allied troops to land on beaches
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:BL_15-inch_Mk_I_naval_gun
gptkb:United_States_Navy_battleship_program
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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