Operation Ladbroke

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World War II battle airborne operation military operation

Operation Ladbroke was a World War II Allied glider-borne assault in July 1943 aimed at capturing key bridges and positions near Syracuse in Sicily ahead of the main invasion landings.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Ladbroke canonical	6
Operation Fustian	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ airborne operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aircraftUsed	Airspeed Horsa glider ⓘ Waco CG-4 glider ⓘ
belligerent	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allies Axis powers ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	10 July 1943 ⓘ 9 July 1943 ⓘ
endDate	1943-07-10 ⓘ
forceTypeUsed	airborne troops ⓘ glider infantry ⓘ transport gliders ⓘ
front	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Sicilian front
location	Sicily ⓘ Syracuse ⓘ
notableFeature	high number of glider losses at sea ⓘ large-scale night glider assault ⓘ
objective	capture of key bridges near Syracuse ⓘ facilitate amphibious landings in Sicily ⓘ seizure of positions around Syracuse ⓘ
opponent	German forces in Sicily ⓘ Italian coastal defenses ⓘ
partOf	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Operation Husky
partOfCampaign	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign
precedes	ground advance on Syracuse ⓘ
primaryTarget	Ponte Grande bridge ⓘ bridges south of Syracuse ⓘ
relatedOperation	Operation Fustian ⓘ Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Operation Husky amphibious landings
result	Allied tactical success with heavy losses ⓘ Ponte Grande bridge captured and later temporarily lost ⓘ
startDate	1943-07-09 ⓘ
strategicPurpose	protect Allied beachheads in southeastern Sicily ⓘ secure approaches to Syracuse ⓘ
supportedOperation	Allied amphibious landings near Syracuse ⓘ
theatre	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II
typeOfOperation	air-landing operation ⓘ glider-borne assault ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

British 1st Airborne Division → notableOperation → Operation Ladbroke ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Fustian

1st Airlanding Brigade → conflict → Operation Ladbroke ⓘ

1st Airlanding Brigade → notableEngagement → Operation Ladbroke ⓘ

1st Airlanding Brigade → notableOperation → Operation Ladbroke ⓘ

Ponte Grande bridge captured and later temporarily lost → partOf → Operation Ladbroke ⓘ

Operation Fustian → precededBy → Operation Ladbroke ⓘ