2006-12-18 14:17:53 · 6 answers · asked by msck11 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
This time period was toward the end of the Invasion of France which was commonly call "D-Day" For a time line see the sights below.
June 26 - WWII: American troops enter Cherbourg.
2006-12-18 14:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by is4031_us 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Normandy Landings started on 6th June.
The breakout from the beachead really began at St. Lo on the 25-27th JULY.
On the 26th of June, after five days of assault, came the fall of Cherbourg, the first major port captured by the allies. On the 26th, on the eastern end of the beachead, British forces were engaged in Operation Epsom, an attempt to drive southwards, west of Caen.
(The article which prompted the "fox in the orchard" reply refers generally to the fighting in the Normandy bocage, with Rommel, "The Fox" as the leading enemy general. If it was *published*, as it says, on 26th June 1944 it is surprisingly frank and detailed, referring to events only about ten days earlier!)
2006-12-19 04:42:09 · answer #2 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they guy before me means the normandy invasion was on June 6TH! not June 26! On June there was something to do with Cherbourg some french town near normandy
2006-12-18 22:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by novaicedogs9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Normandy invasion (known as D-day) the invasion started on June 6th and lasted for weeks until we (the allies) could secure enough land for the allies to make a more progress into Europe.
2006-12-18 22:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by Big Dave 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Normandy Invasion.
2006-12-18 22:26:20 · answer #5 · answered by PDG 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you all are referring to what is called The Fox in The Orchard battle
2006-12-18 22:39:14 · answer #6 · answered by spitfin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋