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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	D-Day landing beach → World War II battlefield →
assignedTo	British Second Army →
casualties	several hundred Allied casualties on D-Day →
commandedBy	Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey →
country	France →
currentUse	public beach →
dateOfEvent	1944-06-06 →
defendedBy	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	Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade → 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 → Normandy landings → Operation Neptune → Operation Overlord →
primaryAttackingForce	British Second Army → United Kingdom →
principalAssaultDivision	3rd British Infantry Division →
sector	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	1st Special Service Brigade → 27th Armoured Brigade → Royal Air Force → Royal Navy →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Neptune ("Sword Beach landings") →	appliesToPart
27th Armoured Brigade →	beachSectorSupported
Juno Beach →	borderedBy
D-Day →	codenameOfLandings
716th Infantry Division →	frontSector
Ouistreham ("Sword Beach sector monuments") →	hasLandmark
Courseulles-sur-Mer →	hasNearbySite
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeach
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeaches
3rd British Infantry Division →	landingBeach
Normandy →	landingBeaches
No. 4 Commando →	landingSector
Caen Canal →	locatedNear
Ouistreham ("Sword Beach landing area") →	partOf
Sword Beach ("British eastern flank of Normandy landings") →	sector
Gold →	sisterBeach
Gold Beach →	sisterBeaches