D-Day landing area

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World War II battlefield military geographic region

The D-Day landing area was the stretch of the Normandy coast in northern France where Allied forces came ashore on June 6, 1944, launching the pivotal invasion that began the liberation of Western Europe in World War II.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
D-Day landing beaches 3
D-Day beaches 2
D-Day landing area canonical 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battlefield ⓘ
military geographic region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs D-Day landing area ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landing area
attackedBy Allied forces ⓘ
British Armed Forces ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French forces

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
other Allied contingents ⓘ
coastType English Channel coast ⓘ
commemoratedBy Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial ⓘ
various war memorials in Normandy ⓘ
controlledByOnDday Germany ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date 1944-06-06 ⓘ
defendedBy Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German forces
facedBodyOfWater English Channel ⓘ
fortifiedBy Atlantic Wall defences ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Wall defenses
hasPart Gold Beach ⓘ
Juno Beach ⓘ
Omaha Beach ⓘ
Sword Beach ⓘ
Utah Beach ⓘ
laterControlledBy Allied forces ⓘ
locatedIn Normandy ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
militaryOperationType combined amphibious and airborne assault ⓘ
notableEvent D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings
opposingForce Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
Western Front of World War II ⓘ
significance beginning of the liberation of Western Europe ⓘ
turning point in World War II in Europe ⓘ
strategicObjective establish Allied beachheads in France ⓘ
open a Western front against Germany ⓘ
subjectOf documentary films ⓘ
numerous history books ⓘ
war museums in Normandy ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
usedFor Allied landing operations ⓘ
amphibious invasion ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Carentan-les-Marais → partOf → D-Day landing area ⓘ
Juno Beach Centre → hasNearbySite → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day landing beaches
HMS Warspite → notableEngagement → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day landings (Normandy)
Normandy landings memorial → associatedWith → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day beaches
Ouistreham → partOf → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day beaches
Calvados → knownFor → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day landing beaches
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → hasMemorial → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Omaha Beach memorials
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → battlefield → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy landings battlefield
Saint-Côme-du-Mont → locatedInRegion → D-Day landing area ⓘ
D-Day landing area → alsoKnownAs → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy landing area
Tracy-sur-Mer → partOf → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day Normandy coastal area
Bénouville → partOf → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Normandy landings area
D514 road → passesNear → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day landing beaches
Bénouville Bridge → category → D-Day landing area ⓘ
this entity surface form: D-Day sites in Normandy