Western Front of World War II

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front (military) theater of war

The Western Front of World War II was the major European theater where Allied forces fought Nazi Germany from the 1940 invasion of Western Europe through the 1944–45 liberation campaigns, including operations such as the D-Day landings.

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Label	Occurrences
Western Front of World War II canonical	2
Western Front (World War II)	1
Western Front in Europe	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	front (military) ⓘ theater of war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Western European Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Czechoslovak government-in-exile forces NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ Free French Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) NERFINISHED ⓘ Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation ⓘ occupation of Western Germany by Allied forces ⓘ
endDate	8 May 1945 ⓘ
includesEvent	Allied invasion of Southern France NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Aachen NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Dunkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Bulge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Falaise Pocket NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Hurtgen Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Scheldt NERFINISHED ⓘ Colmar Pocket NERFINISHED ⓘ Combined Bomber Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Crossing of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunkirk evacuation NERFINISHED ⓘ Fall of France NERFINISHED ⓘ German surrender on the Western Front ⓘ Liberation of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberation of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberation of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberation of Western Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberation of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy landings NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Cobra NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Dragoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Market Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Neptune NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Nordwind NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Overlord NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Plunder NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Varsity NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Bastogne NERFINISHED ⓘ Strategic bombing of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Allied invasion of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED ⓘ Erwin Rommel NERFINISHED ⓘ George S. Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ Omar Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedFront	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Campaign of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ North African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	10 May 1940 ⓘ

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

D-Day landing area → partOf → Western Front of World War II ⓘ

No. 49 Squadron RAF → notableTheatre → Western Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front (World War II)

U.S. 89th Infantry Division → notableTheater → Western Front of World War II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Front in Europe

1st Special Service Brigade → theater → Western Front of World War II ⓘ