|
gptkbp:instanceOf
|
gptkb:military_operation
|
|
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
|
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge_operation
|
|
gptkbp:commanded
|
gptkb:Major_John_Howard
|
|
gptkbp:conductedBy
|
gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
|
|
gptkbp:conflict
|
gptkb:World_War_II
|
|
gptkbp:date
|
6 June 1944
|
|
gptkbp:equipment
|
gptkb:Airspeed_Horsa_gliders
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
Operation Deadstick
|
|
gptkbp:involvedIn
|
gptkb:Glider_Pilot_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:D_Company,_2nd_Battalion,_Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry
|
|
gptkbp:location
|
gptkb:Bénouville,_Normandy,_France
|
|
gptkbp:notableFor
|
first Allied action on D-Day
|
|
gptkbp:objective
|
capture of Caen canal and Orne river bridges
|
|
gptkbp:opposedBy
|
gptkb:German_716th_Infantry_Division
|
|
gptkbp:partOf
|
gptkb:Operation_Tonga
|
|
gptkbp:result
|
Allied victory
|
|
gptkbp:securedBridge
|
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge
gptkb:Horsa_Bridge
|
|
gptkbp:significance
|
prevented German counterattacks from the east on D-Day
|
|
gptkbp:supportedBy
|
gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion
gptkb:13th_Parachute_Battalion
gptkb:7th_Parachute_Battalion
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:World_War_II_resistance
gptkb:Operation_Coup_de_Main
gptkb:Operation_Tonga
gptkb:D-Day_invasion
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
6
|