D-Day airborne operations

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	high
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Maxwell_D._Taylor gptkb:Richard_Gale
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	6 June 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Normandy_campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	D-Day airborne operations
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:British_Airborne_Forces gptkb:Canadian_Airborne_Forces gptkb:United_States_Army_Airborne
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:method	parachute drop glider landing
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:Waco_CG-4_glider gptkb:Horsa_glider
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Pegasus_Bridge gptkb:Battle_of_Sainte-Mère-Église
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:capture_of_Pegasus_Bridge gptkb:liberation_of_Sainte-Mère-Église scattered drops due to weather and anti-aircraft fire
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Major_John_Howard gptkb:General_Bernard_Montgomery gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:General_Matthew_Ridgway gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley gptkb:Lieutenant_Den_Brotheridge gptkb:General_Miles_Dempsey gptkb:General_Richard_Nelson_Gale gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Benjamin_H._Vandervoort gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Robert_G._Cole Brigadier General James Gavin
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	over 23,000 Allied paratroopers
gptkbp:objective	secure flanks and key positions ahead of amphibious landings
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkbp:precededBy	pre-invasion bombing
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	disrupted German defenses secured key bridges and towns
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command gptkb:USAAF
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:RAF_Ramsbury
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7