Goodwood
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Goodwood is the codename for Operation Goodwood, a major British armoured offensive conducted during the Battle of Normandy in World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
armoured offensive
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military operation → |
| alliance |
Allies
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| alsoKnownAs |
Goodwood
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| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
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United Kingdom → |
| campaign |
Normandy campaign
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| cityNear |
Caen
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| codename |
Goodwood
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| commander |
Brian Horrocks
→
Miles Dempsey → Richard O’Connor → |
| conflict |
Second World War
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| country |
United Kingdom
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| countryWhereOccurred |
France
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| endDate |
1944-07-20
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| followedBy |
Operation Bluecoat
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Operation Cobra → |
| front |
eastern flank of the Normandy beachhead
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| frontlineSector |
Orne River bridgehead east of Caen
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| location |
France
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Normandy → |
| notableFeature |
one of the largest British armoured attacks of World War II
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| notableOutcome |
heavy British tank losses
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limited territorial gains east of Caen → |
| objective |
breakout east of Caen
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destroy German armoured forces east of Caen → |
| opposingAlliance |
Axis
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| opposingCommander |
Hans von Luck
NERFINISHED
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Heinrich Eberbach NERFINISHED → Sepp Dietrich → |
| opposingForceType |
German armoured and infantry divisions
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| partOf |
Battle of Normandy
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| planningNation |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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| precededBy |
Battle for Caen
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| primaryForceType |
armoured divisions
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| result |
operational British success in fixing German armour
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tactical German defensive success → |
| scale |
corps-level offensive
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| startDate |
1944-07-18
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| strategicContext |
Allied attempt to break German defensive lines in Normandy
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| support |
artillery preparation
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heavy Allied air bombardment → |
| theatre |
Western Front of World War II
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| year |
1944
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Operation Goodwood
→
Operation Goodwood → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
Operation Goodwood
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codename |