Modern era · 1944
Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen (June to August 1944) was a military engagement between the British Second Army and the German 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 the Calvados coast astride the Orne River and Caen Canal, at the junction of several roads and railways.
- When
- 6 Jun 1944 – 6 Aug 1944
- Where
- Caen
- Era
- Modern
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Battle for Caen, CC BY-SA 4.0