Battle for Caen
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battle-for-caen-187-13542637
title:
Battle for Caen
text:
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 t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Battle during the Normandy campaign
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Caen
date created:
2005-12-12T12:21:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T13:26:16Z
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13
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