22 September 2023 - 21:01
The attack on Caen failed, however, and the city would not be fully liberated until mid-July. This not only would have deprived the Germans of an easily defended location, but also would have given the Allies a way further inland, as well as a large area of flat ground suitable for the construction of airfields. General Montgomery’s original plan optimistically called for the city’s capture on D-Day.
Located some 8 miles (13 km) inland directly to the south of Sword Beach at the very eastern end of the beachhead, it was a city of strategic importance. troops fighting along the hedgerows of bocage country
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