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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Regina Rifle Regiment → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Mike and Nan sectors → usedDuring → D-Day ⓘ

Fort Garry Horse → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Juno Beach Centre → commemorates → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings of 6 June 1944

Juno Beach Centre → associatedWithEvent → D-Day ⓘ

Admiral Bertram Ramsay → militaryOperation → D-Day ⓘ

subject surface form: Bertram Ramsay

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Band of Brothers → depictsEvent → D-Day ⓘ

First United States Army → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy

Martha Gellhorn → coveredConflict → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Normandy landings memorial → commemorates → D-Day ⓘ

Yogi → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

subject surface form: Yogi Berra

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

3rd Infantry Division → conflict → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

The Longest Day → mainSubject → D-Day ⓘ

Overlord → component → D-Day ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Overlord

German 352nd Infantry Division → associatedEvent → D-Day ⓘ

27th Armoured Brigade → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Ouistreham → significantEvent → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Caen Canal → historicalEvent → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

No. 4 Commando → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy

Pegasus Bridge → partOf → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Utah Beach Museum → dedicatedTo → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Ver-sur-Mer → invasionSectorOf → D-Day ⓘ

D-Day Museum of Arromanches → dedicatedTo → D-Day ⓘ

D-Day Museum of Arromanches → commemorates → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Normandy landings of 6 June 1944

Northwest Europe → startEvent → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy

Douglas C-47 Skytrain → notableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

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Operation Epsom → precededBy → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Vierville-sur-Mer → historicalEvent → D-Day ⓘ

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13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

German 709th Static Infantry Division → engagement → D-Day ⓘ

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont → liberatedDuring → D-Day ⓘ

4th Infantry Division (United States) → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

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Battle of Normandy → includesEvent → D-Day ⓘ

Wilhelm Richter → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

Atlantic Wall defences → significantEvent → D-Day ⓘ

United States 29th Infantry Division → notableEngagement → D-Day ⓘ

subject surface form: 29th Infantry Division

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → historicallySignificantFor → D-Day ⓘ

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Tyne and Tees → participatedIn → D-Day ⓘ

subject surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

Pointe du Hoc → event → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

United Kingdom military operations in Europe → hasNotableOperation → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy

USS Laffey → tookPartIn → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Gordon Highlanders → battleHonour → D-Day ⓘ

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The Americanization of Emily → setInEvent → D-Day ⓘ

United States–France relations → historicalEvent → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy

European theater → hasPart → D-Day ⓘ

D-Day landing area → notableEvent → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Battle of Carentan → precededBy → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Normandy (administrative region) → knownFor → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings

Water Rats → notableFor → D-Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: D-Day landings in Normandy