Battle for Caen

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The Battle for Caen 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. The communication links made it an important operational objective for both sides. Caen and the area to its south are flatter and more open when compared to the bocage country of western Normandy, and Allied air force commanders wanted the area captured quickly in order to construct airfields to base more aircraft in France proper.

1944  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Allies of World War II, battle, Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, 

Canada, Greif, HMS Dragon, HMS Durban, HMS Pylades, HMS Lawford Q5633079, 

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