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Operation Charnwood

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1944Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1944

Kurt Meyer8 July 1944

Caen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Meyer defended the north-western approaches before withdrawing surviving forces across the Orne.

Heinrich Eberbach9 July 1944

Caen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Eberbach organized German armoured reserves south of Caen after the northern city was lost.

Names involved

Heinrich EberbachKurt Meyer

Provenance

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