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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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 (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	U.S. state of Utah →
navalSupportCommander	Alan G. Kirk →
nearbyTown	Carentan → Sainte-Marie-du-Mont →
neighboringLandingBeach	Omaha Beach →
notableUnit	101st Airborne Division (United States) → 4th Infantry Division (United States) → 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	Allied invasion of Normandy → Operation Overlord →
primaryAttackingForce	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 (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gold → Sword Beach →	sisterBeach
Omaha Beach →	adjacentTo
Operation Neptune ("Utah Beach landings") →	appliesToPart
Utah Beach Museum ("Utah Beach landings") →	dedicatedTo
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeach
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeaches
Normandy →	landingBeaches
Sainte-Mère-Église →	locatedNear
Utah Beach Museum →	locatedOn
Utah Beach Museum ("Utah Beach landing zone") →	near
Carentan-les-Marais →	nearbyDdayBeaches
Courseulles-sur-Mer ("D-Day landing beaches") →	partOf
Gold Beach →	sisterBeaches