Operation Neptune

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
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:Neptune
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Bertram_Ramsay
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkbp:endDate 1944-06-30
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Neptune
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalSupport gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:D-Day_landings
establishment of beachheads
naval bombardment of German positions
paratrooper drops behind enemy lines
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division_(Germany)
gptkb:2nd_Armoured_Division_(France)
gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)
gptkbp:objective gptkb:Allied_amphibious_invasion_of_Normandy
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:German_Atlantic_Wall_defenses
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkb:Operation_Fortitude
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance Largest seaborne invasion in history
gptkbp:startDate 1944-06-06
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Mulberry_harbours
gptkb:PLUTO_pipeline
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:troopLanding gptkb:British_forces
gptkb:American_forces
gptkb:Free_French_forces
gptkb:Polish_forces
Canadian forces
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Supreme_Commander,_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4