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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:beachSector
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gptkb:Gold_Beach
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gptkbp:casualties
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approximately 1,000 Allied casualties
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gptkbp:commander
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Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter
Lieutenant General Gerard Bucknall
Major General Douglas Graham
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gptkbp:date
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6 June 1944
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Gold Beach landings
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Canadian_Army
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gptkbp:location
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Gold Beach, Normandy, France
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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capture of Arromanches
establishment of Mulberry harbour
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:151st_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:231st_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:69th_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:Essex_Scottish_Regiment
gptkb:Sherwood_Rangers_Yeomanry
gptkb:50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division
gptkb:8th_Armoured_Brigade
47th Royal Marine Commando
56th Infantry Brigade
6th Green Howards
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gptkbp:objective
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secure beachhead and advance inland
capture Bayeux
link up with Juno Beach forces
link up with Omaha Beach forces
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:opposingUnit
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gptkb:716th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
gptkb:352nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Normandy_landings
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gptkbp:precededBy
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pre-invasion naval bombardment
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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enabled rapid Allied advance inland
key to securing Normandy beachhead
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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airborne operations
air support
naval gunfire
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Juno_Beach_landings
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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