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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Normandy_landings
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gptkbp:beachCodeName
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gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
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gptkbp:casualtiesAllied
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over 10,000
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gptkbp:casualtiesGerman
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4,000 to 9,000
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
Bernard Montgomery
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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June 6
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gptkbp:date
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1944-06-06
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
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gptkbp:germanCommander
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gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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D-Day (June 6, 1944)
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gptkbp:involvedCountry
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Normandy,_France
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gptkbp:navalVessels
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over 5,000
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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paratrooper drops behind enemy lines
largest seaborne invasion in history
Atlantic Wall breached
Hobart's Funnies deployed
Mulberry harbours used
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:US_Navy
gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
gptkb:US_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:No._4_Commando
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gptkbp:objective
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liberation of Western Europe
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Operation_Neptune
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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beginning of the end for Nazi Germany
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gptkbp:troopsLanded
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over 156,000
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gptkbp:usedInAircraft
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over 11,000
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:78th_United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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