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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:beachSector
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gptkb:Sword_Beach
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gptkbp:casualtiesAllied
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about 683
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gptkbp:casualtiesGerman
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unknown
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Sir_Miles_Dempsey
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter
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gptkbp:date
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6 June 1944
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gptkbp:distanceToCaen
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15 km
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gptkbp:followedBy
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advance towards Caen
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sword Beach landings
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
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gptkbp:location
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Sword Beach, Normandy, France
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Pegasus Bridge capture
link-up with airborne troops
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gptkbp:notableLandingCraft
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LCA (Landing Craft Assault)
LCT (Landing Craft Tank)
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gptkbp:notableShip
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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
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gptkbp:notableTank
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gptkb:DD_tank
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gptkbp:notableUnit
|
gptkb:1st_Special_Service_Brigade
27th Armoured Brigade (UK)
3rd Infantry Division (UK)
41st Royal Marine Commando
SWORD Flotilla
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gptkbp:objective
|
Capture Caen
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gptkbp:operationOf
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gptkb:Operation_Overlord
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:716th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
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gptkbp:partOf
|
gptkb:Normandy_landings
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:marine
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Juno_Beach_landings
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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