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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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