The Normandy Invasion

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_operations
gptkbp:air_support gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:casualties over 425,000
gptkbp:code gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:General_George_S._Patton
gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley
gptkb:General_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:commemoration gptkb:D-Day_Memorial
Annual D-Day ceremonies
gptkbp:cultural_impact depicted in films and literature
subject of historical studies
inspired numerous documentaries
commemorated in museums
gptkbp:date June 6, 1944
gptkbp:deception_tactics misleading the Germans about landing sites
gptkbp:goal to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation
gptkbp:has_beach gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkbp:historical_impact contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Normandy Invasion
gptkbp:initiated_by gptkb:Allied_Forces
gptkbp:intelligence_operation gptkb:Operation_Fortitude
gptkbp:involved_forces gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:India
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:location gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:operations amphibious assault
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:post_invasion liberation of Paris
advance into Germany
establishment of the Normandy beachhead
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance largest amphibious invasion in history
gptkbp:strategic_importance established a foothold in Europe
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:weather_conditions poor weather delayed the invasion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Advanced_Squad_Leader
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6