Invasion of Normandy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneOperation gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:D-Day
gptkbp:beachLanding gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualties over 425,000 (Allied and Axis combined)
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Normandy_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial
gptkb:Juno_Beach_Centre
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge_Museum
gptkbp:endDate 1944-08-30
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:The_Longest_Day
gptkb:Saving_Private_Ryan
gptkb:Band_of_Brothers
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Invasion of Normandy
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalSupport Allied navies
gptkbp:notableEvent Largest seaborne invasion in history
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:objective Liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkb:Operation_Fortitude
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance Turning point in Western Europe
gptkbp:startDate 1944-06-06
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Allied_air_forces
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5