Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Caen in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Omar Bradleys intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and punch through the German defenses penning in his troops while his opponent was distracted and unbalanced
Churchill asks Eisenhower to cancel Dragoon in order to break the deadllock at Caen
Churchill asks Eisenhower to cancel Dragoon in order to break the deadllock at Caen
Operation Cobra, together with concurrent offensives by the Second British and First Canadian Armies, was decisive in securing an Allied victory in the Normandy Campaign
An attempt to outflank the Germans at Caen
Authorizes Patton to outflank the Germans at Caen
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Caen. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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