D-Day (Operation Overlord)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/D-Day_(Operation_Overlord)

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneOperation	gptkb:Operation_Chicago gptkb:Operation_Coup_de_Main gptkb:Operation_Detroit gptkb:Operation_Elmira gptkb:Operation_Mallard gptkb:Operation_Tonga
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkbp:beachLanding	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied	over 10,000
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman	4,000–9,000
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:date	June 6, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	D-Day (Operation Overlord)
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalSupport	Allied navies
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:No._1_Special_Service_Brigade gptkb:No._30_Commando gptkb:29th_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division gptkb:Free_French_Commandos gptkb:No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando gptkb:No._41_Commando gptkb:No._41_Royal_Marine_Commando gptkb:No._45_Commando gptkb:No._45_Royal_Marine_Commando gptkb:No._46_Commando gptkb:No._46_Royal_Marine_Commando gptkb:No._47_Commando gptkb:No._47_Royal_Marine_Commando gptkb:No._48_Commando gptkb:No._48_Royal_Marine_Commando gptkb:No._4_Commando gptkb:No._6_Commando No. 10 Commando
gptkbp:objective	liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard gptkb:Operation_Fortitude
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:shipsInvolved	over 11,000 over 5,000
gptkbp:significance	turning point in World War II
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Allied_air_forces
gptkbp:troopsLanded	over 156,000
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Medal_of_Honor:_Frontline
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7