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14 - Normandy

from Part V - Redemption

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2019

Jonathan Fennell
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King's College London
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The advance inland resumed at dawn on D+1 (7 June 1944). Considerable progress was made; Bayeux was captured intact, and by the end of the day no co-ordinated counter-attack had materialised. The intelligence summaries indicated that the bulk of the German armour was concentrating in the Caen area, rather than further west; it was in the British and Canadian sector that the German counter-stroke would take place. Both 12th SS Panzer Division and the Panzer Lehr Division, which constituted two-thirds of the theatre armoured reserve under the direct control of Hitler, were moving up in force and it was estimated that by nightfall at least one of these powerful formations would be available for battle. By 8 June, heavy fighting had broken out along the whole front, particularly in the Canadian sector where strong counter-attacks by German forces were repulsed, but for heavy losses.

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Fighting the People's War
The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War
, pp. 503 - 550
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Normandy
  • Jonathan Fennell, King's College London
  • Book: Fighting the People's War
  • Online publication: 21 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139380881.015
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  • Jonathan Fennell, King's College London
  • Book: Fighting the People's War
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  • Normandy
  • Jonathan Fennell, King's College London
  • Book: Fighting the People's War
  • Online publication: 21 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139380881.015
Available formats
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