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Name: Battle of Cherbourg

Type: Event

Start: 1944 AD

End: 1944 AD

Parent: Operation Overlord

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Was a battle fought in Cherbourg, France, immediately after the successful Allied landings on 6 June 1944.

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  • June 1944: On 18 June the US 9th Infantry Division reached the west coast of the peninsula, isolating the Cherbourg garrison from any potential reinforcements. There was little opposition on the western side of the peninsula and on the eastern side, the exhausted defenders around Montebourg collapsed.
  • June 1944: Allied troops, mainly American, captured the fortified port of Cherbourg.

    • Selected Sources

  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 221
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, pp. 213-214

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