History of allied operations in Normandy in 1944

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Août 1944 : un soldat américain appuyé par un char léger Stuart (équipé du système de franchissement Cullin) traverse une route sous le feu dans le secteur de Coudray. Photo : US National Archives

August 1944: an American soldier supported by a Stuart light tank (equipped with the Cullin crossing system) crosses a road under fire in the Coudray sector.
Photo: US National Archives

  • June 1944
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 1 Operation Perch
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
June 7, 1944
Objective: fighting to capture the Carpiquet aerodrome
Operation Wild Oats
Scheduled for 10 June 1944 – Cancelled
Objective: airborne operation to seize Caen
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 2

Operation Martlet / Dauntless
Image : drapeau britannique
June 25, 1944
Objective: Flank-guard of the Epsom operation
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 3 Operation Epsom
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
June 26, 1944
Objective: fighting for the city of Caen in the west
Operation Aberlour
Cancelled
Objective: Breakthrough of the front line in Caen

Operation Ottawa
Cancelled
Objective: seizure of Carpiquet
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 4

Operation Mitten
Image : drapeau britannique
June 27, 1944
Objective: fighting for the capture of the Château de la Londe
  • July 1944
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 5 Operation Windsor
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
July, 4 1944
Objective: fighting for the Carpiquet aerodrome
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 6 Operation Charnwood
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
July 7, 1944
Objective: frontal attack of the defenses of Caen
11 juillet 1944 : un mortier anglais de 4,2-inch appartenant au 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, en appui d’une attaque de la 231st Brigade de la 50th Northumbrian Division au nord du village d’Hottot-les-Bagues. Photo : IWM Operation Maori
Image : drapeau britannique
Mauri I: July 8, 1944 – conquest of positions in the Crauville-Saint-Germain-d’Ectot sector.
Mauri II: July 11, 1944 – conquest of Hottot-les-Bagues.
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 7 Operation Jupiter
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
July 10, 1944
Fighting for Hill 112
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 8 Operation Stack
Image : drapeau britannique
July 10, 1944
Objective: Destruction of the Colombelles metallurgical plant
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 9 Operation Greenline
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
July 15, 1944
Objective: to fix the opponent and breakthrough the front
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 10 Operation Pomegranate
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944Image : drapeau britannique
July 16, 1944
Objective: to fix the opponent and breakthrough the front
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 11 Operation Atlantic
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944
July 18, 1944
Objective: Canadian part of Operation Goodwood
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 12 Operation Goodwood
Image : drapeau britannique
July 18, 1944
Objective: conquest of the southern part of Caen by the east
26 juillet 1944 : un char Churchill posté dans les ruines du village de Maltot. Photo : IWM Operation Express
Image : drapeau britannique
July 22-23, 1944
Objective: assault of the town of Maltot
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 13 Operation Spring
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July 25, 1944
Objective: breakthrough south-east of Caen
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 14 Operation Cobra
Image : drapeau américain
July 25, 1944
Objective: breakthrough south of the Cotentin Peninsula
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 15 Operation Byng
Image : drapeau britannique
July 25, 1944
Objective: British attack north of the Bois de Bavent
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 16 Operation Rawlinson
Image : drapeau britannique
July 25, 1944
Objective: British attack south of the Bois de Bavent
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 17 Operation Bluecoat
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July 30, 1944
Objective: to breakthrough the front towards Vire and Mont-Pinçon
  • August 1944
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 18 Operation Totalize
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
August 8, 1944
Objective: to breakthrough the front in the direction of Falaise
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 19 Operation Tractable
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
August 14,1944
Objective: liberation of Falaise and completion of the encirclement
History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944 20 Operation Paddle
Image : drapeau canadien en 1944 Image : drapeau britannique
August 17, 1944
Objective: to encircle the Germans west of the Seine river

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