Bruneval, Seine-Maritime, France
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Bruneval is a coastal village in the Seine-Maritime department of northern France, historically notable as the site of a major British commando raid during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bruneval, Seine-Maritime, France canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritoryOf | France ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| eventLocation |
Operation Biting (Bruneval Raid support lineage)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bruneval Raid
World War II radar installation raid ⓘ |
| hasAccess | sea ⓘ |
| hasCoastType | cliffed coast ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasMilitarySignificance | site of capture of German radar technology ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCliffs | chalk cliffs ⓘ |
| historicallyNotableFor |
British commando raid in 1942
ⓘ
Operation Biting ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Normandy
ⓘ
Seine-Maritime ⓘ
surface form:
Seine-Maritime department
northern France ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Le Havre ⓘ |
| locatedOn | English Channel ⓘ |
| partOf | Pays de Caux ⓘ |
| usedFor | military operations during World War II ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Operation Biting