O que dizem os registros
- Quando
- 6 de jun. de 1944
- Tipo
- Batalha
- Coordenadas
- 49.27° N, 0.20° W
- Description
- 1944 battle part of Operation Tonga
- War
- World War II
Battle of Merville Gun Battery
Battle during D-Day landings
The Battle of Merville Gun Battery was a series of British assaults beginning 6 June 1944, as part of Operation Tonga, part of the Normandy landings, during the Second World War. Allied intelligence believed the Merville Gun Battery was composed of heavy-calibre 150 mm (5.9 in) guns that could threaten the British landings at Sword Beach, only 8 miles (13 km) away.
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2 fontes o registram
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Штурм Мервильской батареи”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
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