Operation Goodwood

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World War II battle military operation

Operation Goodwood was a major British armoured offensive launched in July 1944 during the Battle of Normandy, aimed at breaking out from the Caen area against German forces.

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Goodwood canonical	22

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aimedAt	German forces east of Caen ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Goodwood ⓘ
belligerent	Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
commander	Gerhard von Schwerin ⓘ Heinrich Eberbach ⓘ Miles Dempsey ⓘ Richard O'Connor ⓘ surface form: Richard O’Connor
commandingFormation	British Second Army ⓘ VIII Corps (United Kingdom) ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1944-07-18 ⓘ 1944-07-19 ⓘ 1944-07-20 ⓘ
endDate	1944-07-20 ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Bluecoat ⓘ Operation Cobra ⓘ
forceType	armoured offensive ⓘ
front	eastern flank of the Normandy beachhead ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to eventual German withdrawal from Caen area ⓘ
location	Caen area ⓘ France ⓘ Normandy ⓘ
notableFeature	heavy British tank losses ⓘ large-scale preliminary air bombardment ⓘ
objective	break out from the Caen area ⓘ destroy German armoured forces east of Caen ⓘ secure Bourguébus Ridge ⓘ
opposingFormation	German Panzer divisions ⓘ I SS Panzer Corps ⓘ
partOf	Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Battle of Normandy Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign
precededBy	Battle for Caen ⓘ
result	German armoured forces east of Caen weakened ⓘ operational British and Allied advantage ⓘ tactical stalemate ⓘ
scale	major offensive ⓘ
startDate	1944-07-18 ⓘ
supportedBy	Allied strategic bombers ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ artillery bombardment ⓘ
theatre	Western Front ⓘ
timePeriod	July 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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World War II → hasPart → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

British 8th Armoured Brigade → participatedIn → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

British Second Army → operation → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

7th Armoured Division → notableBattle → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

21st Panzer Division → engagement → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Battle for Caen → includesOperation → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

11th Armoured Division → participatedIn → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Guards Armoured Division → participatedIn → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

3rd British Infantry Division → engagement → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Operation Totalize → precededBy → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Battle of Normandy → operation → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Tirpitz → subjectOfOperation → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Cromwell tanks → sawAction → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

subject surface form: Cromwell tank

Operation Jupiter → followedBy → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Bluecoat → precededBy → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Bluecoat

Orne River bridgehead east of Caen → operation → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Operation Atlantic → relatedTo → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Operation Spring → relatedOperation → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Operation Charnwood → followedBy → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

29th Armoured Brigade → notableEngagement → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

Guards Armoured → participatedIn → Operation Goodwood ⓘ

subject surface form: Guards Armoured Division

32nd Guards Brigade → participatedIn → Operation Goodwood ⓘ