Table of Data Points

Tag : France

1944-06-261944-06-30Operation Epsom

15th Scottish Infantry Division, supported by tanks from the 31st Tank Brigade are involved in heavy fighting to secure a foothold across the River Odon.

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1944-06-16Battle of Villers Bocage

British 7th AD made an attempt to drive into the German flank through a gap in the front line and seize the town of Villers-Bocage. British were forced to withdraw after encountering heavy armored resistance.

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1944-06-10Oradour-sur-Glane

Troops from the 1st battalion, 4th Waffen-SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment led by Sturmbannfuhrer Adolf Diekmann murder 190 men, 247 women and 205 children in retaliation for "partisan activity".

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1944-06-101944-06-14Carentan

Troops from the 101st airborne division drive 6th Parachute regiment, Ost battalion and other German troops out of Carentan and then successfully defend, with help from the CCA, the town from an armored counter attack by 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division.

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1944-06-09Tulle Reprisals

Troops from the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich arrest, torture and hang 99 people in Tulle in reprisal for resistance activity in the area. 213 residents of Tulle are killed over the following days.

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1944-06-07Abbey Ardennes Massacre

18 captured Canadian soldiers of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment were taken to Ardennes abbey and killed by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division.

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1944-06-06D-Day

The largest amphibious invasion of all time, with 175,000 troops, 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships.

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1944-06-06Sword Beach

Stretching 8 km from Ouistreham to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer it was the farthest east of the landing points, around 15 km from Caen. Initial landings were achieved with low casualties, but British troops ran into heavily defended areas behind the beachhead.

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1944-06-06Juno Beach

Situated between Sword Beach and Gold Beach. It is also known as the Canadian beach, as it was assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. Juno Beach stretched from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer on the east to Courseulles-sur-Mer on the west.

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1944-06-06Gold Beach

The beach was assaulted by the 50th (Northumbrian) Division (which included the Devonshire, Hampshire, Dorsetshire and East Yorkshire regiments) between Le Hamel and Ver sur Mer.

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