Sword Beach

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D-Day landing beach World War II battlefield

Sword Beach was one of the five main Allied invasion beaches in Normandy where British forces landed during the D-Day operations of World War II.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Sword Beach canonical 22
Sword Beach landings 3
Sword Beach sector 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf D-Day landing beach ⓘ
World War II battlefield ⓘ
assignedTo British Second Army ⓘ
casualties several hundred Allied casualties on D-Day ⓘ
commandedBy Miles Dempsey ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
country France ⓘ
currentUse public beach ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1944-06-06 ⓘ
defendedBy 21st Panzer Division ⓘ
surface form: German 21st Panzer Division

German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
hasMemorial D-Day memorials ⓘ
war cemeteries nearby ⓘ
landingSectors Peter ⓘ
Queen Red ⓘ
Queen White ⓘ
length approximately 5 miles ⓘ
approximately 8 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
nearbyFeature Caen Canal ⓘ
Orne River estuary ⓘ
Pegasus Bridge ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Caen ⓘ
notableTown Ouistreham ⓘ
notableUnit No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando ⓘ
surface form: Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade

French Fusiliers Marins ⓘ
surface form: French 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos

No. 4 Commando ⓘ
objective capture Caen ⓘ
oneOf five main Allied invasion beaches in Normandy ⓘ
operatedBy Allied forces ⓘ
partOf D-Day ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
primaryAttackingForce British Second Army ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
principalAssaultDivision 3rd British Infantry Division ⓘ
sector Sword Beach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British eastern flank of Normandy landings
sisterBeach Gold Beach ⓘ
Juno Beach ⓘ
Omaha Beach ⓘ
Utah Beach ⓘ
strategicRole advance toward Caen ⓘ
link up with Canadian forces on Juno Beach ⓘ
secure eastern flank of Allied beachhead ⓘ
supportingUnit No. 4 Commando ⓘ
surface form: 1st Special Service Brigade

27th Armoured Brigade ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

D-Day → codenameOfLandings → Sword Beach ⓘ
Gold Beach → sisterBeaches → Sword Beach ⓘ
Juno Beach → borderedBy → Sword Beach ⓘ
Operation Neptune → appliesToPart → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sword Beach landings
Gold → sisterBeach → Sword Beach ⓘ
Sword Beach → sector → Sword Beach self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British eastern flank of Normandy landings
Operation Overlord → involvedLandingBeaches → Sword Beach ⓘ
German 716th Infantry Division → frontSector → Sword Beach ⓘ
subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division
Normandy → landingBeaches → Sword Beach ⓘ
Courseulles-sur-Mer → hasNearbySite → Sword Beach ⓘ
Overlord → involvedLandingBeach → Sword Beach ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Overlord
27th Armoured Brigade → beachSectorSupported → Sword Beach ⓘ
Ouistreham → partOf → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sword Beach landing area
Ouistreham → hasLandmark → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sword Beach sector monuments
3rd British Infantry Division → landingBeach → Sword Beach ⓘ
Caen Canal → locatedNear → Sword Beach ⓘ
No. 4 Commando → landingSector → Sword Beach ⓘ
Calvados department → contains → Sword Beach ⓘ
Queen Red → partOf → Sword Beach ⓘ
Orne River estuary → near → Sword Beach ⓘ
Calvados → contains → Sword Beach ⓘ
D-Day landing area → hasPart → Sword Beach ⓘ
Normandy (administrative region) → contains → Sword Beach ⓘ
Merville Battery → locatedNear → Sword Beach ⓘ
Merville Battery → threatened → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sword Beach landings
Riva-Bella beach → partOf → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sword Beach sector
Côte de Nacre → contains → Sword Beach ⓘ
Pegasus Bridge museum area → locatedNear → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sword Beach sector
Bénouville Bridge → nearbyLandingBeaches → Sword Beach ⓘ
1st Special Service Brigade → operation → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sword Beach landings
1st Special Service Brigade → engagement → Sword Beach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy landings at Sword Beach