Battle of Villers-Bocage

When

13 Jun 1944

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

49.08° N, 0.66° W

Description

1944 battle in occupied France

War

World War II

1944 battle in occupied France

The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place during the Second World War on 13 June 1944, one week after the Normandy landings, which had begun the Western Allies' conquest of German-occupied France. The battle was the result of a British attempt to exploit a gap in the German defences west of the city of Caen.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Villers-Bocage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой у Виллер-Бокажа в ходе Нормандской операции”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “a 38 km al sur de la costa del canal de la Mancha, y a 274 km al oeste de París (Francia) ―en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939‑1945)― en la batalla…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ヴィレル・ボカージュの戦い。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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