D-Day landings, 6 June 1944

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/D-Day_landings,_6_June_1944

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Normandy_landings gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:casualties	over 10,000 Allied casualties estimated 4,000-9,000 German casualties
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:date	6 June 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:hasBeach	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	D-Day landings, 6 June 1944
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalVessels	over 5,000 ships and landing craft
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:No._45_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:No._30_Commando gptkb:No._46_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:British_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division gptkb:Free_French_Commandos gptkb:No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando gptkb:No._4_Commando gptkb:No._41_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:No._47_(Royal_Marine)_Commando gptkb:No._48_(Royal_Marine)_Commando
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	over 156,000 Allied troops landed
gptkbp:objective	liberation of Western Europe
gptkbp:operator	amphibious assault
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:shipsInvolved	over 11,000 aircraft
gptkbp:significance	turning point in World War II
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:marine airborne operations
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6