Disambiguation evidence for Goodwood via surface form

"Operation Goodwood"


As subject (45)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Operation Goodwood".

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