D-Day Invasion of Normandy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/D-Day_Invasion_of_Normandy

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:amphibiousAssault	largest in history
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:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:cookingMethod	gptkb:Operation_Fortitude
gptkbp:date	1944-06-06
gptkbp:deceptionPlan	gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Caen gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	D-Day Invasion of Normandy
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalSupport	gptkb:Allied_naval_forces
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:1st_Infantry_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:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:French_commandos gptkb:US_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:29th_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:objective	liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Dieppe_Raid
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	turning point in World War II beginning of the liberation of Western Europe
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Allied_air_forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:National_WWII_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5