Retreat from Normandy
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The Retreat from Normandy was the German forces’ withdrawal from northern France in 1944 following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead, culminating in the encirclement and destruction of many units in the Falaise Pocket.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II event
→
military retreat → |
| alsoKnownAs | German retreat from northern France in 1944 → |
| commandedBy |
Bernard Montgomery
→
Dwight D. Eisenhower → Omar Bradley → |
| commandedByOpponent |
Gerd von Rundstedt
NERFINISHED
→
Gunther von Kluge NERFINISHED → Paul Hausser NERFINISHED → Walter Model NERFINISHED → |
| conflict | World War II → |
| country | France → |
| culminatesIn |
Battle of the Falaise Pocket
→
surface form: "Falaise Pocket"
|
| endTime | 1944-08 → |
| follows |
Allied breakout from Normandy beachhead
→
Battle of Normandy → Battle of Normandy →
surface form: "Normandy landings"
Operation Cobra → Operation Overlord → |
| hasPart |
Battle of the Falaise Pocket
→
surface form: "Falaise Pocket"
|
| hasParticipant |
Allied forces
→
British Army → Canadian Army (pre‑1968) →
surface form: "Canadian Army"
Free French Forces →
surface form: "Free French forces"
Wehrmacht →
surface form: "German Army"
Polish Armed Forces in the West → United States Army → Wehrmacht → |
| location |
Normandy
→
northern France → |
| opponent |
12th Army Group
→
21st Army Group → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force →
surface form: "Allied Expeditionary Force"
|
| opposedBy |
5th Panzer Army
→
German 7th Army →
surface form: "7th Army (Wehrmacht)"
German Army Group B → German Army Group B →
surface form: "Heeresgruppe B"
Panzergruppe Eberbach → |
| partOf |
Western Front
→
surface form: "Western Front of World War II"
|
| result |
Allied liberation of northern France
→
German defeat → destruction of German units in Falaise Pocket → encirclement of German forces → |
| startTime | 1944-07 → |
| strategicConsequence |
German withdrawal toward the Seine River
→
collapse of German front in France → opening of the way to Paris for Allied forces → |
| timePeriod | summer 1944 → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Retreat from France 1944"