Pas de Calais in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Pas de Calais in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1942–1944

Historical events in Pas de Calais

1942

Operation Sledgehammer

Franklin Delano Roosevelt · World War, 2nd

The US wish to relieve pressure on Russia by attacking the Pas de Calais in the summer

1944

Operation Overlord

George Smith Patton · World War, 2nd

Helps convince the Germans he will be leading an Allied landing in the Pas de Calais

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