History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944

Allied operations during the Battle of Normandy

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

Carpiquet

Operation Perch

June 7, 1944

Objective: fighting to capture the Carpiquet aerodrome

Operation Wild Oats

Scheduled for 10 June 1944 – Canceled

Objective: airborne operation to seize Caen

Opération Martlet

Operation Martlet / Dauntless

June 25, 1944

Objective: Flank-guard of the Epsom operation

Opération Epsom

Operation Epsom

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

Opération Mitten

Operation Mitten

June 27, 1944

Objective: fighting for the capture of the Château de la Londe

JULY 1944

Opération Windsor

Operation Windsor

July, 4 1944

Objective: fighting for the Carpiquet aerodrome

Opération Charnwood

Operation Charnwood

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

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.

Opération Jupiter

Operation Jupiter

July 10, 1944

Fighting for Hill 112

Opération Stack

Operation Stack

July 10, 1944

Objective: Destruction of the Colombelles metallurgical plant

Opération Greenline

Operation Greenline

July 15, 1944

Objective: to fix the opponent and breakthrough the front

Opération Pomegranate

Operation Pomegranate

July 16, 1944

Objective: to fix the opponent and breakthrough the front

Opération Atlantic

Operation Atlantic

July 18, 1944

Objective: Canadian part of Operation Goodwood

Opération Goodwood

Operation Goodwood

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

July 22-23, 1944

Objective: assault of the town of Maltot

Opération Spring

Operation Spring

July 25, 1944

Objective: breakthrough south-east of Caen

Opération Cobra

Operation Cobra

July 25, 1944

Objective: breakthrough south of the Cotentin Peninsula

Opération Byng

Operation Byng

July 25, 1944

Objective: British attack north of the Bois de Bavent

Opération Rawlinson

Operation Rawlinson

July 25, 1944

Objective: British attack south of the Bois de Bavent

Opération Bluecoat

Operation Bluecoat

July 30, 1944

Objective: to breakthrough the front towards Vire and Mont-Pinçon

AUGUST 1944

Opération Totalize

Operation Totalize

August 8, 1944

Objective: to breakthrough the front in the direction of Falaise

Opération Tractable

Operation Tractable

August 14,1944

Objective: liberation of Falaise and completion of the encirclement

Opération Paddle

Operation Paddle

August 17, 1944

Objective: to encircle the Germans west of the Seine river

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