D-Day

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World War II battle amphibious invasion military operation

D-Day was the massive Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944, that marked a decisive turning point in World War II in Western Europe.

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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
D-Day canonical	54
D-Day landings	51
Normandy landings	18
D-Day landings in Normandy	12
Normandy 1944	10
D-Day invasion	2
Normandie 1944	2
Allied landings on D-Day	1
D-Day Normandy landings	1
D-Day airborne operations	1
D-Day bombardment of Normandy	1
D-Day invasion of Normandy	1
D-Day landing at Normandy	1
D-Day landings of 6 June 1944	1
D-Day the Sixth of June	1
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II	1
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy	1
Normandy combat jump	1
Normandy landings of 6 June 1944	1
Omaha Beach	1
Operation Overlord	1
The Normandy Landings	1
Utah Beach	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ amphibious invasion ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aircraftAlliedApprox	over 11000 aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Operation Neptune ⓘ
belligerent	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allies Nazi Germany ⓘ
codenameOfLandings	Gold Beach ⓘ Juno Beach ⓘ D-Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Omaha Beach Sword Beach ⓘ D-Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Utah Beach
commander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Erwin Rommel ⓘ Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ Omar Bradley ⓘ
date	1944-06-06 ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Battle of Normandy liberation of Paris ⓘ
involvedCountry	Australia ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ France ⓘ Greece ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
location	France ⓘ France ⓘ surface form: Normandy
navalVesselsAlliedApprox	over 5000 ships and landing craft ⓘ
notableAirborneOperation	British 6th Airborne Division landings ⓘ U.S. 101st Airborne Division landings ⓘ U.S. 82nd Airborne Division landings ⓘ
objective	establish Allied beachheads in Normandy ⓘ liberation of Nazi-occupied France ⓘ
operationType	airborne assault ⓘ amphibious assault ⓘ
partOf	Operation Overlord ⓘ
plannedBy	Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
precededBy	Allied strategic bombing campaign in Western Europe ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	opened a Western front against Nazi Germany ⓘ turning point in World War II in Western Europe ⓘ
theaterOfWar	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
troopStrengthAlliedApprox	156000 soldiers ⓘ

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

World War II → hasPart → D-Day ⓘ

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European theatre of World War II → notableBattle → D-Day ⓘ

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D-Day → codenameOfLandings → D-Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Utah Beach

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Dwight D. Eisenhower → operationDirected → D-Day ⓘ

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → operationDirected → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Normandy landings

Churchill government → conflict → D-Day ⓘ

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Nazi Germany → notableEvent → D-Day ⓘ

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ETO → includesEvent → D-Day ⓘ

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Gold Beach → partOf → D-Day ⓘ

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Western Front → notableEvent → D-Day ⓘ

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Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

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U.S. 101st Airborne Division → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

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Operation Dragoon → follows → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Normandy landings

U.S. 82nd Airborne Division → conflictParticipated → D-Day ⓘ

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Allied Expeditionary Air Force → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Normandy landings

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Philip Vian → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Normandy landings

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Omaha Beach → event → D-Day ⓘ

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SS Jeremiah O’Brien → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

Royal Marines → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

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Normandy → knownFor → D-Day ⓘ

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United States Armed Forces in World War II → majorOperation → D-Day ⓘ

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Saving Private Ryan → mainSubject → D-Day ⓘ

Sainte-Mère-Église → historicalEvent → D-Day ⓘ

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3rd Canadian Infantry Division → notableFor → D-Day ⓘ

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Royal Winnipeg Rifles → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → battleHonour → D-Day ⓘ

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