D-Day (WWII)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:beachCodeName 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_Overlord
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:commemoratedBy June 6
gptkbp:date 1944-06-06
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Caen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label D-Day (WWII)
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:The_Longest_Day
gptkb:Saving_Private_Ryan
gptkb:Band_of_Brothers
gptkbp:navalVessels over 5,000
gptkbp:notableEvent naval bombardment of German positions
paratrooper drops behind enemy lines
largest seaborne invasion in history
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Hobart's_Funnies
gptkb:Mulberry_harbours
gptkb:Atlantic_Wall_defenses
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:objective liberation of Western Europe
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkb:Operation_Fortitude
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance turning point in WWII
gptkbp:troopsLanded over 156,000
gptkbp:type amphibious invasion
gptkbp:usedInAircraft over 11,000
gptkbp:weather postponed by one day due to weather
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anglo-American_relations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6