Statements (17)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Major_John_Howard
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gptkbp:conflict |
gptkb:Second_World_War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
capture of Horsa Bridge
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gptkbp:involvedIn |
gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
gptkb:2nd_Battalion,_Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry |
gptkbp:objective |
secure Horsa Bridge over the Orne River
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gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:German_Wehrmacht
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Operation_Tonga
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gptkbp:precededBy |
glider landing near Horsa Bridge
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gptkbp:purpose |
secure eastern flank of Normandy landings
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gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:capture_of_Pegasus_Bridge
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gptkbp:result |
Allied victory
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gptkbp:tookPlaceIn |
gptkb:Ranville,_Normandy,_France
6 June 1944 |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Operation_Coup_de_Main
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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