Western Allied invasion of France

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Western_Allied_invasion_of_France

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:beachLanding	gptkb:Gold_Beach gptkb:Juno_Beach gptkb:Omaha_Beach gptkb:Sword_Beach gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:casualties	over 200,000 Allied casualties over 200,000 German casualties
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Canada gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Poland gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt gptkb:Omar_Bradley gptkb:Trafford_Leigh-Mallory Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	1944-08-30
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkbp:goal	liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Western Allied invasion of France
gptkbp:involves	gptkb:marine gptkb:PLUTO_pipeline airborne operations amphibious assault armored divisions infantry divisions paratrooper drops mulberry harbors
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Falaise_Pocket gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division gptkb:US_1st_Infantry_Division gptkb:US_29th_Infantry_Division gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion gptkb:6th_Airborne_Division gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:British_50th_Infantry_Division gptkb:Free_French_Commandos gptkb:79th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:operator	amphibious invasion
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Bodyguard gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	turning point in Western Front of World War II
gptkbp:startDate	1944-06-06
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:French_Resistance gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Invasion_of_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6