The D-Day Invasion of Normandy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_D-Day_Invasion_of_Normandy

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneOperation	gptkb:Operation_Keokuk gptkb:Operation_Chicago gptkb:Operation_Detroit gptkb:Operation_Elmira gptkb:Operation_Mallard gptkb:Operation_Tonga
gptkbp:airCommander	gptkb:Trafford_Leigh-Mallory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:casualties	over 10,000 Allied casualties estimated 4,000-9,000 German casualties
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Bertram_Ramsay Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	D-Day anniversary (June 6)
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	June 6, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkbp:hasBeach	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The D-Day Invasion of Normandy
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Canada gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:navalSupport	gptkb:Allied_Naval_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:notableEvent	largest seaborne invasion in history
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:German_352nd_Infantry_Division gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:objective	liberation of Western Europe
gptkbp:operator	amphibious assault
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard gptkb:Operation_Fortitude
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	turning point in World War II
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Allied_Expeditionary_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_National_WWII_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6