Overlord

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World War II campaign amphibious invasion military operation

Overlord is the codename for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe that began with the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944.

Aliases (2)

Operation Overlord ×48
Operation Neptune ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign → amphibious invasion → military operation →
belligerent	Allied powers → Nazi Germany →
codename	Overlord →
codeNameOfPhase	Neptune →
commander	Bernard Montgomery → Bertram Ramsay → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Omar Bradley → Trafford Leigh-Mallory →
component	Battle of Normandy NERFINISHED → D-Day → Normandy landings NERFINISHED →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Australia → Belgium → Canada → Czechoslovakia → Free France → Greece → Netherlands → New Zealand → Norway → Poland → United Kingdom → United States →
endDate	1944-08-30 →
followedBy	Operation Cobra →
involvedLandingBeach	Gold Beach → Juno Beach → Omaha Beach → Sword Beach → Utah Beach →
location	France → Normandy →
notableEvent	largest amphibious invasion in history by number of troops involved on first day →
objective	liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation →
opposedBy	Erwin Rommel → Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED →
partOf	Operation Overlord NERFINISHED → World War II →
planningStartDate	1943 →
precededBy	Allied strategic bombing campaign in Western Europe →
refersTo	Operation Overlord NERFINISHED →
result	Allied victory → beginning of liberation of France → establishment of Allied foothold in France →
startDate	1944-06-06 →
theater	Western Front →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Overlord → Operation Overlord →	codename