Orne bridges

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set of bridges transport infrastructure

Orne bridges are a set of crossings over the Orne River in Normandy, France, historically significant for their strategic role during the D-Day landings in World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Orne River bridges	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	set of bridges ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
capturedBy	British 6th Airborne Division NERFINISHED ⓘ British airborne troops on D-Day ⓘ
conflict	Western Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
crosses	Orne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse	road traffic ⓘ
dateOfCapture	1944-06-06 ⓘ
hasPart	Bénouville Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranville Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ bridges near Bénouville ⓘ bridges near Ranville ⓘ
heritageStatus	sites of World War II remembrance ⓘ
locatedIn	France ⓘ Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryObjectiveFor	Allied airborne forces on D-Day ⓘ
nearbyPlace	Bénouville NERFINISHED ⓘ Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranville NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	importance in securing bridgeheads east of Caen ⓘ role in airborne operations on D-Day ⓘ
partOf	Normandy bridge network ⓘ
region	Calvados department NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ D-Day landings NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Tonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	controlled crossings over Orne River and Caen Canal area ⓘ protected approaches to Sword Beach ⓘ secured eastern flank of Allied landings ⓘ
threatenedBy	German counterattacks in June 1944 ⓘ
tourism	visited by military history tourists ⓘ
usedBy	Allied forces NERFINISHED ⓘ German forces ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Orne River estuary → near → Orne bridges ⓘ

Ranville → nearbyLandmark → Orne bridges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orne River bridges