Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry

When

11 Jun 1944

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

49.20° N, 0.54° W

Description

1944 battle

War

World War II

Battle in France during the Second World War

The Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry during the Second World War was the last attack by a Canadian armoured battle group in Normandy in June 1944. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Canadian Division, supported by the 6th Armoured Regiment of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade attacked the village of Le Mesnil-Patry to advance southwards towards the higher ground of Hill 107 west…

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Allemands résistent au Mesnil-Patry”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой за Ле-Мениль-Патри”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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