1944 ⟶ Operation Cobra: Coutances Captured
Operation Cobra is now in full swing: the breakout at St. Lô...
Year
1944
🇺🇸 Operation Cobra: Coutances Captured
Operation Cobra is now in full swing: the breakout at St. Lô in Normandy with American troops taking Coutances.⟶
Operation CobraNormandyFranceAmerican ForcesMilitary CampaignWestern FrontBreakthrough1944
🪖 First Allied Troops Land in Normandy
The first Allied troops land in Normandy; paratroopers are scattered from Caen southward.⟶
D-DayNormandyinvasionOperation OverlordWestern FrontFranceAllied forcesmilitary campaignliberation
🌿 Allies Face 'Battle of the Hedgerows'
The Allies find themselves in the "battle of the hedgerows", as they are stymied by the agricultural hedges in Western France which intelligence had not properly evaluated. Various impromptu devices and inventions, often made out of cut-up German "hedgehog" shore-defense devices and mounted to Allied tanks, are designed and made to successfully deal with the matter.⟶
Western FrontBattle of the HedgerowsNormandyTank WarfareMilitary Innovation1944Allied AdvanceFrance
🚀 Allied Breakout from Normandy Begins
Saint-Lô, France is taken, and the Allied breakout from hedgerow country in Normandy begins.⟶
NormandyFranceAllied AdvanceOperation OverlordHedgerow CountryWestern FrontMilitary CampaignBreakout1944
💣 US Bombers Mistakenly Bomb US Troops
US bombers mistakenly bomb American troops near St. Lô, France.⟶
NormandyFranceAir WarBombingAccidentalWestern FrontMilitary Error1944
