Orne bridges

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Orne bridges are a set of crossings over the Orne River in Normandy, France, historically significant for their strategic role during the D-Day landings in World War II.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Orne River bridges 1
Orne bridges canonical 1
Vernon bridges 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf set of bridges ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
capturedBy British 6th Airborne Division ⓘ
British airborne troops on D-Day ⓘ
conflict Western Front of World War II ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crosses Orne River ⓘ
currentUse road traffic ⓘ
dateOfCapture 1944-06-06 ⓘ
hasPart Bénouville Bridge ⓘ
Ranville Bridge ⓘ
bridges near Bénouville ⓘ
bridges near Ranville ⓘ
heritageStatus sites of World War II remembrance ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
militaryObjectiveFor Allied airborne forces on D-Day ⓘ
nearbyPlace Bénouville ⓘ
Caen ⓘ
Ranville ⓘ
notableFor importance in securing bridgeheads east of Caen ⓘ
role in airborne operations on D-Day ⓘ
partOf Normandy bridge network ⓘ
region Calvados department ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day landings ⓘ
linked to: D-Day

Operation Tonga ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled crossings over Orne River and Caen Canal area ⓘ
protected approaches to Sword Beach ⓘ
secured eastern flank of Allied landings ⓘ
threatenedBy German counterattacks in June 1944 ⓘ
tourism visited by military history tourists ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Orne River estuary → near → Orne bridges ⓘ
Ranville → nearbyLandmark → Orne River bridges ⓘ
linked to: Orne bridges
Vieux-Moulin de Vernon → hasViewOf → Vernon bridges ⓘ
linked to: Orne bridges