Operation Epsom

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Operation_Epsom
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:belligerent gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:casualties Germany: ~3,000 killed, wounded or missing
United Kingdom: ~4,000 killed, wounded or missing
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Epsom
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Friedrich_Dollmann
gptkb:Miles_Dempsey
gptkb:Heinz_Eberbach
gptkb:Sepp_Dietrich
Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:endDate 30 June 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Operation_Windsor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Epsom
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend
gptkb:11th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:1st_SS_Panzer_Division_Leibstandarte_SS_Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:objective to outflank and seize Caen from German forces
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Martlet
gptkbp:result German defensive victory
gptkbp:startDate 26 June 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Western_Allied_Powers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5