Operation Cobra

E16578

World War II military operation military offensive

Operation Cobra was a major Allied offensive launched by U.S. forces in July 1944 to break out of the Normandy beachhead and rapidly advance across German-occupied France.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Cobra canonical	31
Operation Cobra (exploitation phase)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military operation ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alliedWith	Canada ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
belligerent	Germany ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commander	Courtney Hodges ⓘ J. Lawton Collins ⓘ Omar Bradley ⓘ surface form: Omar N. Bradley
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
endDate	1944-07-31 ⓘ
executedBy	First United States Army ⓘ VII Corps ⓘ surface form: VII Corps (United States) VIII Corps (United States) ⓘ XIX Corps (United States) ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Bluecoat ⓘ Operation Totalize ⓘ Operation Tractable ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
location	Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy, France near Saint-Lô, Normandy ⓘ
notableConsequence	German withdrawal toward the Seine ⓘ liberation of large areas of western France ⓘ
notableEngagement	breakthrough south of Saint-Lô ⓘ
objective	breakout from the Normandy beachhead ⓘ enable rapid Allied advance across France ⓘ penetrate German defensive lines in Normandy ⓘ
opposedBy	Army Group B ⓘ surface form: German Army Group B Wehrmacht ⓘ
opposingCommander	Günther von Kluge ⓘ Paul Hausser ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
plannedBy	First United States Army ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Saint-Lô ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ
result	collapse of German front in Normandy ⓘ contributed to encirclement of German forces in the Falaise Pocket ⓘ decisive Allied victory ⓘ facilitated Allied advance toward the Seine River ⓘ successful Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ
startDate	1944-07-25 ⓘ
supportedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
tactic	massive aerial bombardment to open a breach in German lines ⓘ
theater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
timePeriod	July 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

World War II → hasPart → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Western Front → notableEvent → Operation Cobra ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Operation Goodwood → followedBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

12th Army Group → engagement → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Operation Overlord → followedBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Operation Lüttich → precededBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Liberation of France → hasPart → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Allied operations in Western Europe → hasPart → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Patton's Third Army → engagement → Operation Cobra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Cobra (exploitation phase)

Operation Bluecoat → supportedOperation → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Goodwood → followedBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Goodwood

Retreat from Normandy → follows → Operation Cobra ⓘ

XIX Corps (United States) → participatedIn → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Overlord → followedBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Overlord

2nd Armoured Division (France) → participatedIn → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Northwest Europe → notableOperation → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Operation Tractable → relatedTo → Operation Cobra ⓘ

VIII Corps (United States) → notableOperation → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Battle of Normandy → operation → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Battle of Saint-Lô → followedBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

U.S. 30th Infantry Division → participatedIn → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Brittany American Cemetery → associatedOperation → Operation Cobra ⓘ

U.S. XIX Corps → participatedIn → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Allied breakout from Normandy → keyOperation → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Liberation of Brittany → precededBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

North-West Europe campaign → keyEvent → Operation Cobra ⓘ

World War II Battle of Cherbourg → followedBy → Operation Cobra ⓘ

4th Armored Division → engagement → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Advance to the Seine → relatedEvent → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Lesley J. McNair → wasPresentAt → Operation Cobra ⓘ

90th Infantry Division → notableBattle → Operation Cobra ⓘ

Operation Spring → relatedOperation → Operation Cobra ⓘ