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Pegasus Bridge
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Pegasus_Bridge
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:capturedBy
gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
6 June 1944
gptkbp:crosses
gptkb:Caen_Canal
gptkbp:currentBridgeBuilt
1994
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Pegasus Bridge
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:France
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Bénouville
gptkbp:museumNearby
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge_Museum
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Pegasus_(emblem_of_British_airborne_forces)
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Operation_Deadstick
gptkbp:opened
1934
gptkbp:originalBridgePreservedAt
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge_Museum
gptkbp:originalName
gptkb:Bénouville_Bridge
gptkbp:renamed
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge
1944
gptkbp:strategicImportance
secured eastern flank of Normandy landings
gptkbp:type
gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus
not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge_Museum
gptkb:Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry
gptkb:Advanced_Squad_Leader
gptkb:Orne_River
gptkb:Batalla_de_Normandía
gptkb:playas_del_Día_D
gptkb:History_of_Normandy
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6