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.

Aliases (9)

Normandy landings ×18
D-Day landings ×16
D-Day landings in Normandy ×5
D-Day invasion ×2
D-Day invasion of Normandy ×1
D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 ×1
Omaha Beach ×1
Operation Overlord ×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 → Nazi Germany →
codenameOfLandings	Gold Beach → Juno Beach → Omaha Beach → Sword Beach → Utah Beach →
commander	Bernard Montgomery → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Erwin Rommel → Gerd von Rundstedt → Omar Bradley →
date	1944-06-06 →
followedBy	Battle of Normandy → liberation of Paris →
involvedCountry	Australia → Belgium → Canada → Czechoslovakia → France → Greece → Luxembourg → Netherlands → New Zealand → Norway → Poland → United Kingdom → United States →
location	France → 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 of World War II →
troopStrengthAlliedApprox	156000 soldiers →

Referenced by (68)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) → Allied air forces → British 8th Armoured Brigade ("Normandy landings") → First United States Army ("D-Day landings in Normandy") → Miles Dempsey ("Normandy landings") → Philip Vian ("Normandy landings") → Royal Winnipeg Rifles → SS Jeremiah O’Brien → The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada → Yogi Berra ("D-Day invasion") → Yogi Berra ("D-Day landings") →	participatedIn
Allied Expeditionary Air Force ("Normandy landings") → Allied Naval Expeditionary Force ("Normandy landings") → Fort Garry Horse ("D-Day landings") → No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando → Regina Rifle Regiment ("D-Day landings") → Royal Marines ("D-Day landings") → U.S. 101st Airborne Division ("Normandy landings") →	notableOperation
Gold ("Normandy landings") → Gold Beach ("Normandy landings") → Juno Beach ("Normandy landings") → Omaha Beach ("Normandy landings") → Sword Beach ("Normandy landings") → Sword Beach →	partOf
Nazi Germany ("D-Day invasion") → Operation Overlord → Western Front (World War II) ("Normandy landings") →	notableEvent
German 352nd Infantry Division → Juno Beach →	associatedEvent
D-Day ("Utah Beach") → D-Day ("Omaha Beach") →	codenameOfLandings
Juno Beach Centre ("D-Day landings of 6 June 1944") → Normandy landings memorial →	commemorates
3rd Infantry Division ("D-Day landings") → Churchill government ("Normandy landings") →	conflict
World War II → World War II ("Operation Overlord") →	hasPart
Normandy ("D-Day landings") → Sainte-Mère-Église ("D-Day landings") →	historicalEvent
Saving Private Ryan → The Longest Day →	mainSubject
Allied forces ("D-Day landings") → Bertram Ramsay ("D-Day landings") →	militaryOperation
Dwight D. Eisenhower ("D-Day invasion of Normandy") → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ("Normandy landings") →	operationDirected
Operation Neptune ("D-Day landings") →	appliesToEvent
Juno Beach Centre →	associatedWithEvent
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada →	battleHonour
Operation Overlord →	component
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ("Normandy landings") →	conflictParticipated
Allied High Command ("D-Day landings in Normandy") →	coordinatedOperation
Martha Gellhorn ("D-Day landings") →	coveredConflict
D-Day Museum of Arromanches →	dedicatedTo
Band of Brothers →	depictsEvent
Crusade in Europe ("D-Day landings in Normandy") →	describesEvent
Omaha Beach ("D-Day landings") →	event
Operation Dragoon ("Normandy landings") →	follows
Arromanches-les-Bains ("D-Day landings") →	hasRoleIn
European Theater of Operations →	includesEvent
Ver-sur-Mer →	invasionSectorOf
Normandy ("D-Day landings") →	knownFor
United States Armed Forces in World War II ("D-Day landings in Normandy") →	majorOperation
European theatre of World War II ("D-Day landings") →	notableBattle
3rd Canadian Infantry Division ("D-Day landings in Normandy") →	notableFor
Bertram Ramsay ("Normandy landings") →	participantIn
Military history of the United Kingdom ("D-Day landings") →	significantEvent
USS Nevada (BB-36) ("Normandy landings") →	tookPartIn
Mike and Nan sectors →	usedDuring