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Capture of Cherbourg

Name: Capture of Cherbourg – France factsheet records
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France · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940Date range

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Chronological records

1940

Henri Philippe Petain19 June 1940

Cherbourg · Warfare / Military

Rommels 7th Panzer Div captures Cherbourg

Names involved

Henri Philippe Petain

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