Villers-Bocage () is a commune in the Calvados department in the

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in Northern

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History

Second World War

The Battle of Villers-Bocage was a significant battle between British and German forces on 13 June 1944 during the

Battle of Normandy Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the N ...

.Daniel Taylor: ''Villers-Bocage through the Lens''. 1999, . Further fighting occurred two weeks later during Operation Epsom, during which the village was destroyed by 250 RAF heavy bombers.

Population

International relations

The commune is twinned with: * Bampton, Devon, UK since 1974

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