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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
amphibious invasion ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers

Nazi Germany ⓘ
codename Overlord self-linksurface differs ⓘ
codeNameOfPhase Neptune ⓘ
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Bertram Ramsay ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Omar Bradley ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
component Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Free France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
partOf Operation Overlord ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
planningStartDate 1943 ⓘ
precededBy Allied strategic bombing campaign in Western Europe ⓘ
refersTo Operation Overlord ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
beginning of liberation of France ⓘ
establishment of Allied foothold in France ⓘ
startDate 1944-06-06 ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ

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Operation Overlord → codename → Overlord ⓘ
Overlord → codename → Overlord self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Overlord