Operation Overlord

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Operation_Overlord

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force_(SHAEF)
gptkbp:casualties	over 425,000 (combined Allied and German)
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Bertram_Ramsay gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt gptkb:Trafford_Leigh-Mallory gptkb:Walter_Bedell_Smith Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	1944-08-30
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Operation_Cobra
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Operation Overlord
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:D-Day
gptkbp:notableLanding	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:British_79th_Armoured_Division gptkb:German_116th_Panzer_Division gptkb:German_12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend gptkb:German_17th_SS_Panzergrenadier_Division_Götz_von_Berlichingen gptkb:German_21st_Panzer_Division gptkb:German_243rd_Static_Infantry_Division gptkb:German_2nd_Panzer_Division gptkb:German_30th_Mobile_Brigade gptkb:German_352nd_Infantry_Division gptkb:German_3rd_Parachute_Division gptkb:German_6th_Parachute_Regiment gptkb:German_709th_Static_Infantry_Division gptkb:German_716th_Static_Infantry_Division gptkb:German_91st_Air_Landing_Division gptkb:German_Panzer_Lehr_Division gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:objective	liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:startDate	1944-06-06
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3