Normandy Invasion

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneOperation gptkb:Operation_Chicago
gptkb:Operation_Detroit
gptkb:Operation_Tonga
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:beachLanding gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualties over 10,000 Allied casualties on D-Day
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Operation_Overlord
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:date June 6, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Normandy Invasion
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalSupport over 5,000 ships
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division
gptkb:French_commandos
gptkb:British_3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:objective liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance turning point in World War II
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkbp:supports over 11,000 aircraft
gptkbp:troopsLanded over 156,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5