Battle of Normandy

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The Battle of Normandy was a major World War II Allied campaign in 1944 that began with the D-Day landings in northern France and led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.


Referenced by (112)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
11th Armoured Division
1st Hussars ("Normandy landings")
21st Panzer Division ("Normandy landings")
All American Division ("Normandy landings")
British 8th Armoured Brigade
Frederick Browning ("Normandy campaign")
Guards Armoured Division ("Normandy campaign")
I SS Panzer Corps ("Normandy campaign")
James M. Gavin ("Normandy landings")
Matthew Ridgway
Philip Vian ("Normandy landings")
RAF Second Tactical Air Force ("Normandy campaign")
RAF Second Tactical Air Force
Royal Winnipeg Rifles ("Normandy landings")
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
SS Jeremiah O’Brien ("Normandy landings")
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ("Normandy landings")
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
USS Arkansas ("Normandy landings")
VIII Corps (United Kingdom)
participatedIn
1st Hussars ("Normandy 1944")
51st (Highland) Division ("Normandy Campaign")
Coldstream Guards ("Normandy 1944")
Fort Garry Horse ("Normandy 1944")
Grenadier Guards ("Normandy Landings")
HMS Ajax ("Normandy 1944")
HMS Warspite ("Normandy 1944")
King's Own Scottish Borderers ("Normandy Landing")
Royal Berkshire Regiment ("Normandy 1944")
Royal Winnipeg Rifles ("Normandy Landing")
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ("Normandy 1944")
Welsh Guards ("Normandy 1944")
battleHonour
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade
3rd Infantry Division ("Normandy landings, 1944")
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
716th Infantry Division ("Normandy landings")
716th Infantry Division
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Fallschirmjäger division ("Normandy Campaign")
VIII Corps (United Kingdom) ("Normandy campaign")
notableEngagement
Battle for Caen ("Normandy campaign")
Battle of the Falaise Pocket
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ("Normandy campaign")
Omaha Beach ("Allied invasion of Normandy")
Operation Bluecoat
Operation Cobra ("Normandy campaign")
Operation Goodwood
partOf
Army Group B ("Normandy campaign")
Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ("Normandy landings")
First United States Army ("Normandy campaign")
Fort Garry Horse ("Normandy campaign")
Hawker Typhoon ("Normandy landings")
Hawker Typhoon
notableOperation
Army Group B ("Normandy campaign")
First Canadian Army ("Normandy campaign")
First Canadian Army
II SS Panzer Corps ("Normandy campaign")
engagedIn
21st Panzer Division ("Normandy Campaign")
Patton's Third Army ("Normandy campaign")
Third United States Army ("Normandy campaign")
XXX Corps
engagement
Allied operations in Western Europe ("Normandy landings")
Allied operations in Western Europe
Liberation of France ("Normandy campaign")
Liberation of France
hasPart
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade ("Normandy campaign")
British 8th Armoured Brigade ("Normandy campaign")
Operation Goodwood ("Normandy campaign")
campaign
Liberation of Luxembourg
Retreat from Normandy
Retreat from Normandy ("Normandy landings")
follows
7th Armoured Division ("Normandy landings")
Brian Horrocks
United States 2nd Infantry Division ("Normandy campaign")
notableBattle
3rd Canadian Infantry Division ("Normandy campaign")
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
British Second Army
operation
Juno Beach Centre
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando ("Normandy landings")
associatedWithEvent
3rd Infantry Division ("Normandy campaign")
British Commonwealth forces ("Normandy landings")
conflict
Operation Bluecoat ("Normandy front")
Operation Lüttich ("Normandy campaign")
front
Normandy
Sainte-Mère-Église
historicalEvent
Ninth Air Force ("Normandy landings")
Ninth Air Force
operationSupported
21st Panzer Division ("Normandy Campaign")
British 8th Armoured Brigade ("Normandy campaign")
theatre
11th Armoured Division ("D-Day campaign")
USS LST-393 ("Normandy landings")
tookPartIn
Operation Overlord
alsoKnownAs
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal ("Normandy campaign")
associatedCampaigns
Rendezvous With Destiny ("Normandy landings")
associatedWith
Monty ("Normandy campaign")
battle
Blues and Royals ("Normandy 1944")
battleHonoursInclude
Normandy landings memorial ("Normandy landings")
commemorates
Operation Overlord ("Normandy landings")
component
Combined Chiefs of Staff ("Normandy landings")
coordinatedOperation
War As I Knew It ("Normandy campaign")
describesEvent
Corporal Henderson ("Normandy campaign")
filmSettingConflict
Dieppe Raid ("Normandy landings")
followedBy
No. 617 Squadron RAF ("Normandy 1944")
hasBattleHonour
The Longest Day ("Normandy landings")
mainSubject
Oberbefehlshaber West
notableEvent
British Second Army ("Normandy landings")
notableFor
21st Panzer Division ("Allied landings in Normandy")
opposed
USS Nevada ("Normandy landings")
participatedInOperation
Operation Bluecoat ("Normandy campaign")
partOfCampaign
Lorraine campaign ("Normandy campaign")
precededBy
Liberation of Belgium
relatedTo
Mike and Nan sectors ("Normandy landings")
usedDuring

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