invasion of German-occupied Western Europe

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/invasion_of_German-occupied_Western_Europe
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Western Front invasion
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label invasion of German-occupied Western Europe
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:France
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:mainEvent gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_Falaise_Pocket
gptkb:Battle_of_Caen
gptkbp:notableLanding gptkb:Gold_Beach
gptkb:Juno_Beach
gptkb:Omaha_Beach
gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkb:Utah_Beach
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:Canadian_3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_6th_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:objective defeat of Nazi Germany
liberation of France
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance beginning of the liberation of Western Europe
gptkbp:startDate 6 June 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Sledgehammer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8