Operation Overlord

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World War II campaign military operation

Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II, beginning with the Normandy landings and leading to the liberation of France.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Overlord canonical 140
Allied invasion of Normandy 16
Normandy landings 10

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Normandy ⓘ
belligerent Allies ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands on both sides ⓘ
codename Overlord ⓘ
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Bertram Ramsay ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Omar Bradley ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
component Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Neptune ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Free France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
D-DayDate 1944-06-06 ⓘ
D-DayDescription initial amphibious and airborne landings in Normandy ⓘ
endDate 1944-08-30 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Cobra ⓘ
GermanCommander Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
involvedAirborneOperations British 6th Airborne Division ⓘ
U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
involvedLandingBeaches Gold Beach ⓘ
Juno Beach ⓘ
Omaha Beach ⓘ
Sword Beach ⓘ
Utah Beach ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
notableEvent D-Day ⓘ
objective establish Allied foothold in Western Europe ⓘ
liberation of France ⓘ
opposingCountry Germany ⓘ
opposingRegime Nazi regime ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
planningBegan 1943 ⓘ
precededBy Operation Bodyguard ⓘ
Operation Fortitude ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
German retreat from Normandy ⓘ
liberation of Paris ⓘ
startDate 1944-06-06 ⓘ
strategicSignificance opened Western Front against Germany ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ

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D-Day → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
D-Day → followedBy → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower → operationDirected → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → operationDirected → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → operationDirected → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
ETO → includesEvent → Operation Overlord ⓘ
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
ETO → includesEvent → Operation Overlord ⓘ
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Gold Beach → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Western Front → notableEvent → Operation Overlord ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
Western Front → notableEvent → Operation Overlord ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Operation Bagration → coordinatedWith → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied Normandy landings
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → notableOperation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → componentOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy
U.S. 101st Airborne Division → notableOperation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Operation Dragoon → precededBy → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Eureka Conference → topic → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of northern France
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → notableOperation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → notableOperation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Juno Beach → operation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Juno Beach → associatedEvent → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Juno Beach → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe
Operation Neptune → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Operation Neptune → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy campaign
George S. Patton → participatedIn → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy campaign
Operation Goodwood → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Operation Goodwood → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy campaign
British XXX Corps → conflict → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy campaign
12th Army Group → engagement → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy campaign
Parachute Regiment → battleHonour → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy 1944
7th Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy campaign
21st Army Group → operation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy campaign
21st Army Group → operation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
21st Army Group → operation → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Omar Bradley → participatedIn → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy landings
Omar Bradley → participatedIn → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Normandy
Royal Warwickshire Regiment → battleHonoursInclude → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy 1944
Gold → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Sword Beach → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Utah Beach → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Utah Beach → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy
Oberbefehlshaber West (Commander-in-Chief West) → notableEvent → Operation Overlord ⓘ
subject surface form: Oberbefehlshaber West
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy
British 8th Armoured Brigade → participatedIn → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Omaha Beach → partOf → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Operation Cobra → precededBy → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Monty → battle → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Royal Tank Regiment → battleHonour → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy 1944
Matthew Ridgway → participatedIn → Operation Overlord ⓘ
Eisenhower: The Supreme Commander → about → Operation Overlord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy
Liberation of France → hasPart → Operation Overlord ⓘ