Sword Beach landings

GPTKB entity

Statements (77)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:beachSector gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied about 683
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman unknown
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Sir_Miles_Dempsey
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter
gptkbp:date 6 June 1944
gptkbp:distanceToCaen 15 km
gptkbp:followedBy advance towards Caen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sword Beach landings
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:location Sword Beach, Normandy, France
gptkbp:notableEvent Pegasus Bridge capture
link-up with airborne troops
gptkbp:notableLandingCraft LCA (Landing Craft Assault)
LCT (Landing Craft Tank)
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:HMS_Wager
gptkb:HMS_Talybont
gptkb:HMS_Albrighton
gptkb:HMS_Bleasdale
gptkb:HMS_Brocklesby
gptkb:HMS_Fernie
gptkb:HMS_Middleton
gptkb:HMS_Pytchley
gptkb:HMS_Quorn
gptkb:HMS_Southdown
gptkb:HMS_Whaddon
gptkb:HMS_Jervis
gptkb:HMS_Windsor
gptkb:HMS_Wolfhound
gptkb:HMS_Worcester
gptkb:HMS_Undaunted
gptkb:HMS_Scylla
gptkb:HMS_Serapis
gptkb:HMS_Swift
gptkb:HMS_Vigilant
gptkb:HMS_Virago
gptkb:HMS_Wheatland
gptkb:HMS_Whitehall
gptkb:HMS_Wilton
gptkb:HMS_Woodcock
gptkb:HMS_Wrestler
gptkb:HMS_Wryneck
gptkb:HMS_Venus
gptkb:HMS_Wivern
gptkb:HMS_Whelp
HMS Cattistock
HMS Glaisdale
HMS Largs
HMS Tetcott
HMS Wensleydale
HMS Cleveland
HMS Stevenstone
HMS Eglinton
HMS Goathland
HMS Hambledon
HMS Haydon
HMS Holcombe
HMS Melbreak
HMS Tanatside
HMS Ursa
gptkbp:notableTank gptkb:DD_tank
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:1st_Special_Service_Brigade
27th Armoured Brigade (UK)
3rd Infantry Division (UK)
41st Royal Marine Commando
SWORD Flotilla
gptkbp:objective Capture Caen
gptkbp:operationOf gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:716th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:marine
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Juno_Beach_landings
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7