Operation Cobra

Wann

25. Juli 1944 – 31. Juli 1944

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

49.12° N, 1.09° W

Description

1944 World War II battle in France

American offensive in the Western Theater of World War II

Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy campaign of World War II. The intention was to take advantage of the distraction of the Germans by the sustained British and Canadian attacks around Caen, and thereby break through the German defenses that were penning in their forces, while the Germ…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Operation Cobra: American forces launch an air and ground offensive against the German defenders in western Normandy, forcing them to retreat“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Die Operation Cobra beginnt“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „les Américains déclenchent l’opération Cobra vers le sud-ouest de la Normandie qui aboutit le 31 juillet à la percée d'Avranches (Patton)“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „se inicia el plan de la Operación Cobra en Normandía, con el propósito de abrir la ruta de Bretaña y atravesar las líneas defensivas alemanas de la 130°…“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite