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Bombing of Caen

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

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1944Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1944

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill6 June 1944

Caen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

1st day of the bombing of Caen

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st18 July 1944

Caen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Caen is bombed to obliterate enemy defences but only the southern suburbs are taken

Names involved

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1stWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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