Operation Bluecoat

When

30 Jul 1944 – 7 Aug 1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

48.84° N, 0.89° W

Description

military operation (part of Operation Overlord; Normandy, France; 1944)

British offensive in the 1944 Battle of Normandy

Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War. The geographical objectives of the attack, undertaken by VIII Corps and XXX Corps of the British Second Army, were to secure the road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pinçon.

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