D-Day landings at Normandy

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:arrondissements assisted_Allied_forces
gptkbp:beach gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkbp:casualties over 425,000 total casualties
gptkbp:celebrates D-Day Memorial
gptkbp:climate poor weather prior to landings
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired numerous books
inspired numerous documentaries
inspired memorials and museums
inspired numerous video games
gptkbp:date June 6, 1944
gptkbp:divisions gptkb:3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division
gptkb:29th_Infantry_Division
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
gptkbp:electronic_warfare approximately 156,000
landing craft
Higgins boats
airborne gliders
DD_tanks
gptkbp:historical_analysis extensively studied by historians
subject of many academic papers
debated strategies and outcomes
gptkbp:historicalSignificance after-action reports
Operation Overlord planning documents
Eisenhower's_orders
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label D-Day landings at Normandy
gptkbp:impact led_to_the_establishment_of_NATO
turning_point_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:landingGear over 13,000 paratroopers
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Bernard_Montgomery
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Omar_Bradley
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Allied_naval_forces
gptkbp:notable_player Atlantic Wall
gptkbp:opening_hours several weeks of fighting
gptkbp:operational_status Operation Neptune
gptkbp:operations Operation Overlord
gptkbp:produces Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
gptkbp:significance beginning_of_the_liberation_of_Western_Europe
gptkbp:tactics amphibious assault