Battle of Merville Gun Battery

Property	Value
rdf:type	Conflict in 1944 owl:NamedIndividual Battle of World War II involving the United Kingdom Glider Pilot Regiment operation Battle of World War II involving Canada June 1944 event British airborne landing in Normandy Military operation of World War II involving Germany
rdfs:label	Battle of Merville Gun Battery
owl:sameAs	dbr:Battle_of_Merville_Gun_Battery
prov:wasDerivedFrom	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Glider_Pilot_Regiment_operations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:June_1944_events http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Conflicts_in_1944 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_airborne_landings_in_Normandy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_operations_of_World_War_II_involving_Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_of_World_War_II_involving_Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_of_World_War_II_involving_the_United_Kingdom
skos:prefLabel	Battle of Merville Gun Battery
skos:altLabel	Merville Merville Gun Battery Merville battery Merville gun battery assault on the battery attack on the Merville Battery capture of a gun battery at Merville destroy the Merville Gun Battery first places to be attacked paratroop assault
clgo:causalties	75 (during the assault)
clgo:combatant	Germany United Kingdom
clgo:commander	Terence Otway
clgo:date	1944-06-06
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict	Operation Tonga Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
clgo:notes	450 men failed to arrive at the battalion assembly area following the parachute landing
clgo:place	Merville-Franceville-Plage
clgo:result	Inconclusive
clgo:strength	130 150 (assault force) 600 (in total)
is clgo:battle of	6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom) 3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

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