Battle for Caen

When

6 Jun 1944 – 6 Aug 1944

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

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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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht um Caen beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La rive gauche de Caen est libérée par les Britanniques après de terribles bombardements”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000