Tilly-la-Campagne area
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The Tilly-la-Campagne area is a locality in Normandy, France, notable for being a focal point of intense fighting during the 1944 Allied offensive following the D-Day landings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tilly-la-Campagne area canonical | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battlefield
ⓘ
locality ⓘ |
| associatedOperation | Allied offensive south of Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | post D-Day ground operations in Normandy ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Normandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | site of heavy casualties during the Normandy campaign ⓘ |
| involvedBelligerent |
Allied forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calvados department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| nearbyLocality | Tilly-la-Campagne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combat following the D-Day landings
ⓘ
intense fighting during the 1944 Allied offensive in Normandy ⓘ |
| partOf | northwestern France ⓘ |
| partOfMilitaryTheater | Western Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | rural area ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Allied advance toward Falaise
ⓘ
D-Day landings in Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole | focal point in attempts to break German defensive lines south of Caen ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
July 1944
ⓘ
June 1944 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.