Battle for Caen

متى

6 يونيو 1944 – 6 أغسطس 1944

النوع

معركة

إحداثيات

49.19° N, 0.36° W

Description

1944 part of the Battle of Normandy in WWII

War

World War II

Battle during the Normandy campaign

The Battle for Caen was a military engagement between the British Second Army and the German Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity during the Battle of Normandy. Caen is about 9 mi (14 km) inland from the Calvados coast astride the Orne River and Caen Canal, at the junction of several roads and railways.

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