June 1944
Bayeux Bypass
British engineers built a bypass so military traffic could avoid Bayeux's narrow medieval streets.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bayeux in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
British engineers built a bypass so military traffic could avoid Bayeux's narrow medieval streets.
Dempsey's logistical system used the bypass to move supplies and vehicles toward the front.
Dempsey's Second Army used undamaged Bayeux as a supply, communications, and transit centre.
Montgomery established his headquarters near Bayeux while directing the Battle of Normandy.
The British capture Bayeaux
By midnight neither Bayeux nor Port-en-Bessin had been taken, the depleted American force was several kilometres short of Port-en-Bessin but the French Resistance had taken over Bayeux
Schumann arrived in liberated Bayeux and linked Free French representatives with local residents.
Montgomery's forces made Bayeux the first mainland French town liberated after D-Day.
Bayeux becomes the first major mainland French town liberated after D-Day.
Graham's 50th Division provided formations that entered and secured Bayeux.
Dempsey's Second Army secured Bayeux during the expansion from Gold Beach.
Christopherson's Sherwood Rangers supported the infantry entering Bayeux with armoured vehicles.
Schumann accompanied local Resistance leaders during de Gaulle's public appearance in Bayeux.
Provenance
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