Battle of Cherbourg
1944 battle of World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Battle of Cherbourg (disambiguation).
The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. It was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on 6 June 1944. Allied troops, mainly American, isolated and captured the fortified port, which was considered vital to the campaign in Western Europe, in a hard-fought, month-long campaign.
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Battle of Cherbourg | |||||||
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Part of the Normandy Campaign, World War II | |||||||
Cotentin Peninsula and port of Cherbourg, 1944 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States United Kingdom | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
J. Lawton Collins Matthew Ridgway |
Friedrich Dollmann Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 40,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,800 killed 5,700 missing 13,500 wounded Total: 22,000 |
7,000–8,000 killed or missing 30,000 captured Total: 37,000–38,000+ |
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