Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:bridgeRenamed |
gptkb:Pegasus_Bridge
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gptkbp:casualties |
light for British
unknown for Germans |
gptkbp:commanded |
gptkb:Major_John_Howard
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gptkbp:conductedBy |
gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
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gptkbp:date |
6 June 1944
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pegasus Bridge operation
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Bénouville,_Normandy,_France
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gptkbp:notableFor |
first engagement of D-Day
glider-borne assault |
gptkbp:objective |
capture Pegasus Bridge
secure Orne River crossings |
gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:German_Wehrmacht
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:Operation_Tonga |
gptkbp:previousName |
gptkb:Bénouville_Bridge
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gptkbp:result |
Allied victory
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gptkbp:supportedBy |
gptkb:Glider_Pilot_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Engineers gptkb:D_Company,_2nd_Battalion,_Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Operation_Deadstick
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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