25 July 1944
Operation Cobra
To help Patton to break out of Avranches & drive into Brittany. Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Avranches in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
To help Patton to break out of Avranches & drive into Brittany. Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest
Avranches is captured by Patton
Arrives at Avranches
Patton captures Avranches
Provenance
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