Operation Overlord (redirect from Battle for Normandy)
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western...
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coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands)...
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord...
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Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity during the Battle of Normandy. Caen is about 9 mi (14 km) inland from...
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The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (French: Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer...
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Falaise pocket (redirect from Battle of Falaise)
pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (German: Kessel von Falaise; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second...
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Operation Cobra (redirect from Breakout from Normandy)
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (repr. ed.). Vintage Books USA. ISBN 0-307-27571-X. Jackson, G. S. (2006) [1945]. 8 Corps: Normandy to the Baltic....
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Cruiser". She is named for the World War II Battle of Normandy, which took place in France on, and following, D-Day. Normandy was laid down at Bath Iron...
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articles may contain a complete order of battle. See also Hastings Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy Independent and GHQ brigades included 30th...
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video games. The original Company of Heroes game also featured this battle in the Normandy campaign. Band of Brothers – Tank Scenes Explained. Archived from...
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Michael Wittmann (section Normandy)
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy. London: Viking Press. ISBN 978-0-670-88703-3. Buckley, John (2006) [2004]. British Armour in the Normandy Campaign 1944...
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aircraft in other World War II battles (Battle of Moscow, Battle of Kuban, Operation Bodenplatte, Battle of Normandy), fly World War I aircraft (Flying...
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William the Conqueror (redirect from William of Normandy)
unmarried Duke Robert I of Normandy and his mistress Herleva. His illegitimate status and youth caused some difficulties for him after he succeeded his...
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Heinz von Westernhagen (section Battle of Normandy)
both British and Germans regarded control of Caen as vital to the Normandy battle. When a 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) gap opened up between the 352nd Infantry...
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Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy (CMBN) is a video game in the Combat Mission series. It is a simulation of infantry combat at the platoon and company...
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of Normandy led to several rebellions which continued through the rest of Henry's reign. This battle was seen by early historians as revenge for the...
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landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies...
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Battle for Normandy The Push For Paris Hitler's Terror Weapon Arnhem Air War The Battle of the Bulge The Eastern Front Crossing the Rhine The Battle for...
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United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy. The battle took place from 10 to 14 June 1944, on the approaches to and within...
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Pointe du Hoc (redirect from Battle of Pointe du Hoc)
ISBN 978-0-8232-3120-1. Beevor, Antony. "D-Day: The Battle for Normandy". (New York: Penguin, 2009), p. 106 "The American Battle Monuments Commission". Retrieved 29 October...
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The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place during the Second World War on 13 June 1944, one week after the Normandy landings, which had begun the Western...
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Normandy was a province in the North-West of what later became France under the Ancien Régime which lasted until the later part of the 18th century. Initially...
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The Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy involved more than 3,000 military personnel serving under British command. The majority of these...
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1st Armoured Division (Poland) (section Normandy)
division served in the final phases of the Battle of Normandy in August 1944 during Operation Totalize and the Battle of Chambois and then continued to fight...
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Battle for Normandy is a computer wargame published in 1982 by Strategic Simulations. Battle for Normandy is a game in which the operations from the landing...
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reinforce the Normandy coast. The German paratroopers lived up to their reputation[citation needed], as the Allies had experienced previously in battles such as...
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Alfred Becker (section Battle of Normandy)
in Normandy. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0763-3. Holland, James (2020). Normandy '44: D-Day and the epic 77-day battle for France...
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takes place, as had been discussed for years on the official forums, in Normandy. The official title Battle for Normandy was announced on December 23, 2010...
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Robert Curthose (redirect from Robert III of Normandy)
disagreements with Henry led to defeat in the Battle of Tinchebray and lifelong captivity, with Normandy temporarily absorbed into England's possession...
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Kurt Meyer (category Pages using infobox criminal with known for parameter)
p. 66. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 45. Beevor, Antony (2009). D-Day: The Battle for Normandy. London: Viking Penguin. ISBN 978-0-670-02119-2. Brode, Patrick (1997)...
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