Battle for Caen

Когда

6 июн. 1944 г. – 6 авг. 1944 г.

Вид

Сражение

Координаты

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 (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · называет его «La rive gauche de Caen est libérée par les Britanniques après de terribles bombardements»Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Страница источника

• World War II1 сент. 1939 г. · Мировая война · Погибшие 75 000 000