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Operation Overlord

1944 Allied liberation of German-occupied France during World War II
Event military_operation Q8641370
Operation Overlord
Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHOM) Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Operation Overlord is a military operation[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of military operation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,788 views/month, #4 of 1,115).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Nazi Germany[3]
  • Followed by: Northern France Campaign[4]
  • Location: Normandy[5]
  • Part of: Western Front[6]
  • Commons category: D-Day[7]
  • Said to be the same as: Battle of Normandy[8]
  • Start time: June 6, 1944[9]
  • End time: August 25, 1944[10], August 30, 1944[11]
  • Participated in conflict: World War II[12]
  • Participant: Allies of World War II[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Operation Overlord[14]
  • Commons gallery: Operation Overlord[15]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16]

Why It Matters

Operation Overlord has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · BohemianRhapsody · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Normandy
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/120wrb0b
    Said to be the same as → Battle of Normandy
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Said to be the same as: Battle of Normandy"
  2. 19w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → normandijos-operacija
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: normandijos-operacija"
  3. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Commons category: D-Day, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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