Liberation of France

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World War II campaign historical event military campaign

The Liberation of France was the 1944 Allied campaign that ended German occupation, restored French sovereignty, and marked a decisive turning point in Western Europe during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Erwin Rommel ⓘ
George S. Patton ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Omar Bradley ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs decisive turning point in Western Europe during World War II ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
followedBy Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Germany

Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
hasPart Allied advance from Normandy to the Seine ⓘ
Allied advance from the Seine to the German border ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
surface form: Falaise Pocket

Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

Operation Cobra ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
involves French Forces of the Interior ⓘ
surface form: Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur

French Resistance ⓘ
Maquis ⓘ
location Alsace ⓘ
France ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
surface form: Provence
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
precededBy German occupation of France ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
expulsion of German forces from most of France ⓘ
re-establishment of the French Republic ⓘ
strategic Allied foothold in Western Europe ⓘ
significantEvent collapse of the Vichy regime ⓘ
end of German occupation of France ⓘ
restoration of French sovereignty ⓘ
return of Charles de Gaulle to power in France ⓘ
startTime 1944 ⓘ
timePeriod 1944–1945 ⓘ

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

Révolution nationale → endCause → Liberation of France ⓘ
French I Corps → participatedIn → Liberation of France ⓘ
Liberation of Belgium → relatedTo → Liberation of France ⓘ
Western Front → result → Liberation of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)