Utah Beach

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D-Day landing beach World War II battlefield geographic location

Utah Beach was one of the five main Allied landing sites in Normandy during the D-Day invasion of World War II, located on the Cotentin Peninsula and primarily assaulted by American forces.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Utah Beach canonical	19
Utah Beach landings	3
Utah Beach landing	2
Utah Beach sector	2
D-Day landing beaches	1
D-Day operations at Utah Beach	1
Utah Beach area	1
Utah Beach landing zone	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	D-Day landing beach ⓘ World War II battlefield ⓘ geographic location ⓘ
armyGroup	First United States Army ⓘ
associatedAirborneOperation	U.S. 101st Airborne Division drops ⓘ U.S. 82nd Airborne Division drops ⓘ
associatedOperation	U.S. VII Corps landing ⓘ
battleTheater	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War II)
casualtiesOnD-Day	relatively low compared to Omaha Beach ⓘ
coast	English Channel ⓘ
codename	Utah ⓘ
commemorates	American forces in Normandy landings ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryDuringWWII	German-occupied France ⓘ
currentUse	memorial site ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
dateOfLanding	1944-06-06 ⓘ
defendedBy	German 709th Static Infantry Division ⓘ German coastal artillery units ⓘ
feature	flooded lowlands behind the beach ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
hasMuseum	Utah Beach Museum ⓘ
higherCommand	VII Corps ⓘ
languageOfToponym	English ⓘ
locatedIn	France ⓘ Normandy ⓘ
locatedOn	Cotentin Peninsula ⓘ
memorialType	war memorials ⓘ
namedAfter	Utah ⓘ surface form: U.S. state of Utah
navalSupportCommander	Alan G. Kirk ⓘ
nearbyTown	Carentan ⓘ Sainte-Marie-du-Mont ⓘ
neighboringLandingBeach	Omaha Beach ⓘ
notableUnit	U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ surface form: 101st Airborne Division (United States) 4th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ surface form: 82nd Airborne Division (United States) 90th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
oneOf	five main Allied landing beaches in Normandy ⓘ
opposingForce	Nazi Germany ⓘ
overallAlliedCommander	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
partOf	Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy Operation Overlord ⓘ
primaryAttackingForce	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States Army ⓘ
region	Manche department ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
sectorCommander	Raymond O. Barton ⓘ
strategicObjective	facilitate capture of Cherbourg ⓘ secure western flank of Normandy landings ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Gold Beach → sisterBeaches → Utah Beach ⓘ

Operation Neptune → appliesToPart → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach landings

Gold → sisterBeach → Utah Beach ⓘ

Sword Beach → sisterBeach → Utah Beach ⓘ

Operation Overlord → involvedLandingBeaches → Utah Beach ⓘ

Omaha Beach → adjacentTo → Utah Beach ⓘ

Normandy → landingBeaches → Utah Beach ⓘ

Courseulles-sur-Mer → partOf → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landing beaches

Carentan-les-Marais → nearbyDdayBeaches → Utah Beach ⓘ

Sainte-Mère-Église → locatedNear → Utah Beach ⓘ

Overlord → involvedLandingBeach → Utah Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Overlord

Utah Beach Museum → locatedOn → Utah Beach ⓘ

Utah Beach Museum → dedicatedTo → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach landings

Utah Beach Museum → near → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach landing zone

Cotentin Peninsula → WWIIEvent → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach landings

VII Corps → landingArea → Utah Beach ⓘ

VII Corps → associatedBeachhead → Utah Beach ⓘ

German 709th Static Infantry Division → defensiveSector → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach area

Sainte-Marie-du-Mont → locatedNear → Utah Beach ⓘ

Sainte-Marie-du-Mont → frontlineArea → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach sector

4th Infantry Division (United States) → notableEngagement → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach landing

Pointe du Hoc → near → Utah Beach ⓘ

Angoville-au-Plain → locatedNear → Utah Beach ⓘ

Saint-Côme-du-Mont → locatedNear → Utah Beach ⓘ

D-Day landing area → hasPart → Utah Beach ⓘ

Battle of Carentan → relatedEvent → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach landing

Normandy (administrative region) → contains → Utah Beach ⓘ

Monument to the 4th Infantry Division → location → Utah Beach ⓘ

Monument to the 4th Infantry Division → invasionSector → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach sector

Monument to the 4th Infantry Division → hasSubject → Utah Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day operations at Utah Beach