Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill22 July 1944
Churchill visited Caen with Montgomery and Dempsey and inspected Bailey bridges across the Orne basin.
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Churchill visited Caen with Montgomery and Dempsey and inspected Bailey bridges across the Orne basin.
Dempsey accompanied Churchill during his inspection of troops and bridges in Caen.
Montgomery accompanied Churchill through Caen and explained the current battle situation.
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