Liberation of Normandy (1944)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Liberation_of_Normandy_(1944)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_France
gptkbp:axisNation	gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:casualties	over 200,000 Allied casualties over 200,000 German casualties
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	1944-08-30
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Liberation of Normandy (1944)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Falaise_Pocket gptkb:Battle_of_Caen
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Breakout_from_Normandy Liberation of Caen Falaise Pocket encirclement Liberation of Cherbourg
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division_(Germany) gptkb:2nd_Armoured_Division_(France) gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division_(UK) gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division_(US) 12th SS Panzer Division (Germany)
gptkbp:objective	Liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_France_(1940)
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Opened Western Front in Europe
gptkbp:startDate	1944-06-06
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:History_of_Normandy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6