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Operation Greenline
The Second Battle of the Odon comprised operations fought by the British Second Army (United Kingdom), Second Army during the Second World War. Attacks took place in mid-July 1944 against 5th Panzer Army, Panzergruppe West, as part of the Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy. Operations Greenline and Pomegranate were intended to draw German attention away from Operation Goodwood, an attack from the Orne bridgehead on 18 July. The British also wanted to prevent the Germans from withdrawing Panzer divisions opposite the Second Army to create an armoured reserve which could oppose the First United States Army, First US Army during the Operation Cobra breakout in the west. The operations in the Odon (river), Odon valley kept three German armoured divisions in the front line west of Caen, away from the Goodwood battlefield, east of the Orne. Background Operation Overlord The Norman town of Caen was a Normandy landings, D-Day objective for the 3rd Division (United Kingdom), 3rd Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle For Caen
The Battle for Caen (June to August 1944) is the name given to fighting between the British Second Army and the German in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity during the larger Battle of Normandy. The battles followed Operation Neptune, the Allied landings on the French coast on 6 June 1944 (D-Day). Caen is about inland from the Calvados coast astride the Orne River and Caen Canal, at the junction of several roads and railways. The communication links made it an important operational objective for both sides. Caen and the area to its south are flatter and more open than the bocage country in western Normandy. Allied air force commanders wanted the area captured quickly to base more aircraft in France. The British 3rd Infantry Division was to seize Caen on D-Day or to dig in short of the city if the Germans prevented its capture, which would temporarily mask Caen to maintain the Allied threat against it and thwart a potential German counter-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
