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</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-clear-right"><div><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Operation Totalize</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of <a href="Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><br>A <a href="Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">Cromwell tank</a> and <a href="Willys_MB" title="Willys MB">jeep</a> pass an abandoned German <a href="8.8_cm_PaK_43" class="mw-redirect" title="8.8 cm PaK 43">88 mm</a> anti-tank gun during Operation Totalize, 8 August 1944.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>8–10 August 1944</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a>, France</div><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">
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</style><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:49.18611111111111,-0.3625"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°11′10″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°21′45″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.18611°N 0.36250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.18611; -0.36250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status">
Allied victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;">
<span class="flagicon nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a><br><span class="flagicon nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><br><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Poland" title="Poland"></a></span></span> <a href="Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West" title="Polish Armed Forces in the West">Poland</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em">
<span class="flagicon nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;">
<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Canada" title="Canada"></a></span></span> <a href="Guy_Simonds" title="Guy Simonds">Guy Simonds</a><br><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Canada" title="Canada"></a></span></span> <a href="Harry_Crerar" title="Harry Crerar">Harry Crerar</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em">
<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany"></a></span></span> <a href="Kurt_Meyer" title="Kurt Meyer">Kurt Meyer</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;">
85,000 men<br>2,000 aircraft<br>720 artillery pieces<br>3 infantry <a href="Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a><br>2 armoured divisions<br>2 armoured <a href="Brigade" title="Brigade">brigades</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200423_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200423-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em">
3 infantry divisions,<br>1 SS Panzer division<br>1 heavy tank <a href="Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a><br>At least 74 tanks<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200432_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200432-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;">
At least 1,256<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>146+ tanks<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em">
3,000 casualties<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>At least 45 tanks<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997414_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997414-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">
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</style><div id="Operation_Overlord(Battle_of_Normandy)8449" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span style="line-height:1.6em"><a href="Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord"><span class="wrap">Operation Overlord</span></a><br>(Battle of Normandy)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Prelude</b>
<ul><li><a href="Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Bodyguard" title="Operation Bodyguard"><i>Bodyguard</i></a>
<ul><li><a href="Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude"><i>Fortitude</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Zeppelin_(deception_plan)" title="Operation Zeppelin (deception plan)"><i>Zeppelin</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Titanic" title="Operation Titanic"><i>Titanic</i></a></li>
<li><a href="D-Day_naval_deceptions" title="D-Day naval deceptions">Taxable, Glimmer &amp; Big Drum</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive">Combined Bomber Offensive</a></li>
<li><a href="Pointblank_directive" title="Pointblank directive">Pointblank</a></li>
<li><a href="Transport_Plan" title="Transport Plan">Transport Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Postage_Able" title="Operation Postage Able"><i>Postage Able</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Tarbrush" title="Operation Tarbrush"><i>Tarbrush</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Exercise_Tiger" title="Exercise Tiger">Tiger</a></li>
<li><a href="Exercise_Fabius" title="Exercise Fabius">Fabius</a></li></ul>
<p><b>Airborne assault</b><br>British Sector
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<ul><li><a href="Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga"><i>Tonga</i></a>
<ul><li><a href="Capture_of_the_Caen_canal_and_Orne_river_bridges" title="Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges">Caen canal and Orne river bridges</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Battle of Merville Gun Battery">Merville Battery</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard"><i>Mallard</i></a></li></ul>
<p><i><a href="American_airborne_landings_in_Normandy" title="American airborne landings in Normandy">American Sector</a></i>
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<ul><li><a href="Mission_Albany" title="Mission Albany">Albany</a></li>
<li><a href="Mission_Boston" title="Mission Boston">Boston</a></li>
<li><a href="Mission_Chicago" title="Mission Chicago">Chicago</a></li>
<li><a href="Mission_Detroit" title="Mission Detroit">Detroit</a></li>
<li><a href="Mission_Elmira" title="Mission Elmira">Elmira</a></li></ul>
<p><b><a href="Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a></b><br>American Sector
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<ul><li><a href="Omaha_Beach" title="Omaha Beach">Omaha</a></li>
<li><a href="Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah</a></li>
<li><a href="Pointe_du_Hoc" title="Pointe du Hoc">Pointe du Hoc</a></li></ul>
<p>Anglo-Canadian Sector
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<ul><li><a href="Operation_Gambit" title="Operation Gambit"><i>Gambit</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Sword_Beach" title="Sword Beach">Sword</a></li>
<li><a href="Juno_Beach" title="Juno Beach">Juno</a></li>
<li><a href="Gold_Beach" title="Gold Beach">Gold</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Port-en-Bessin" title="Battle of Port-en-Bessin">Port-en-Bessin</a></li></ul>
<p><b>Logistics</b>
</p>
<ul><li><a href="American_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="American logistics in the Normandy campaign">American</a>
<ul><li><a href="Operation_Chastity" title="Operation Chastity">Operation Chastity</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="British_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="British logistics in the Normandy campaign">British</a>
<ul><li><a href="Mulberry_harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry harbour">Mulberry</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Pluto" title="Operation Pluto">Pluto</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<p><b>Ground campaign</b><br>American Sector
</p>
<ul><li><a href="Br%C3%A9court_Manor_Assault" title="Brécourt Manor Assault">Brécourt Manor</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Graignes" title="Battle of Graignes">Graignes</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_La_Haye-du-Puits" title="Battle of La Haye-du-Puits">La Haye-du-Puits</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Battle of Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Carentan" title="Battle of Carentan">Carentan</a>
<ul><li><a href="Battle_of_Bloody_Gulch" title="Battle of Bloody Gulch">Hill 30</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Cherbourg" title="Battle of Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a>
<ul><li><a href="Bombardment_of_Cherbourg" title="Bombardment of Cherbourg">Naval</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<p>Anglo-Canadian Sector
</p>
<ul><li><a href="Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Caen</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Br%C3%A9ville" title="Battle of Bréville">Bréville</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Perch" title="Operation Perch"><i>Perch</i></a>
<ul><li><a href="Battle_of_Villers-Bocage" title="Battle of Villers-Bocage">Villers-Bocage</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Le_Mesnil-Patry" title="Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry">Le Mesnil-Patry</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Normandy_massacres" title="Normandy massacres">Normandy massacres</a>
<ul><li><a href="Ardenne_Abbey_massacre" title="Ardenne Abbey massacre">Ardenne Abbey</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Douvres_Radar_Station" title="Battle of Douvres Radar Station">Douvres</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Martlet" title="Operation Martlet"><i>Martlet</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom"><i>Epsom</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Windsor" title="Operation Windsor"><i>Windsor</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood"><i>Charnwood</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Jupiter_(1944)" title="Operation Jupiter (1944)"><i>Jupiter</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Second_Battle_of_the_Odon" title="Second Battle of the Odon">2nd Odon</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic"><i>Atlantic</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood"><i>Goodwood</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Verrières Ridge</a></li></ul>
<p><b>Breakout</b>
</p>
<ul><li><a href="Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra"><i>Cobra</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Spring" title="Operation Spring"><i>Spring</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Bluecoat" title="Operation Bluecoat"><i>Bluecoat</i></a></li>
<li>
<ul><li><a href="Battle_for_Hill_140" title="Battle for Hill 140">Hill 140</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Operation_L%C3%BCttich" title="Operation Lüttich"><i>Lüttich</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable"><i>Tractable</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Hill_262" title="Hill 262">Hill 262</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Chambois" title="Battle of Chambois">Chambois</a></li>
<li><a href="Falaise_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Falaise Pocket">Falaise</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_for_Brittany" title="Battle for Brittany">Britanny</a>
<ul><li><a href="Liberation_of_Rennes" title="Liberation of Rennes">Rennes</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Saint-Malo" title="Battle of Saint-Malo">Saint-Malo</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_for_Brest" title="Battle for Brest">Brest</a></li>
<li><a href="Lorient#World_War_II" title="Lorient">Lorient</a></li>
<li><a href="Saint-Nazaire_pocket" title="Saint-Nazaire pocket">Saint-Nazaire</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Seine_River_Crossing_at_Mantes-Gassicourt" title="Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt">Mantes-Gassicourt</a></li>
<li><a href="Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Paris</a></li>
<li><a href="Allied_siege_of_La_Rochelle" title="Allied siege of La Rochelle">La Rochelle</a></li></ul>
<p><b>Air and Sea operations</b>
</p>
<ul><li><a href="Battle_of_Ushant_(1944)" title="Battle of Ushant (1944)">Ushant</a></li>
<li><a href="RAF_raid_on_La_Caine_HQ" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF raid on La Caine HQ">La Caine</a></li>
<li><a href="Bombardment_of_Cherbourg" title="Bombardment of Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Pierres_Noires" title="Battle of Pierres Noires">Pierres Noires</a></li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Audierne_Bay" title="Battle of Audierne Bay">Audierne Bay</a></li></ul>
<p><b>Supporting operations</b>
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<ul><li><a href="Operation_Jedburgh" title="Operation Jedburgh"><i>Jedburgh</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Dingson" title="Operation Dingson"><i>Dingson</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Samwest" title="Operation Samwest"><i>Samwest</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Titanic" title="Operation Titanic"><i>Titanic</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Cooney" title="Operation Cooney"><i>Cooney</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Bulbasket" title="Operation Bulbasket"><i>Bulbasket</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Houndsworth" title="Operation Houndsworth"><i>Houndsworth</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Haft" title="Operation Haft"><i>Haft</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Loyton" title="Operation Loyton"><i>Loyton</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Kipling" title="Operation Kipling"><i>Kipling</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon"><i>Dragoon</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Operations_Wallace_and_Hardy" title="Operations Wallace and Hardy"><i>Wallace</i> &amp; <i>Hardy</i></a></li></ul>
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<p><b>Aftermath</b>
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<ul><li><a href="List_of_military_cemeteries_in_Normandy" title="List of military cemeteries in Normandy">Cemeteries</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>
<p><b>Operation Totalize</b> (also spelled <b>Operation Totalise</b> in recent British sources) was an offensive launched by Allied troops in the <a href="First_Canadian_Army" title="First Canadian Army">First Canadian Army</a> during the later stages of <a href="Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, from 8 to 10 August 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410–414_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410–414-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The intention was to break through the <a href="Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> defences south of <a href="Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a> on the eastern flank of the Allied positions in Normandy and exploit success by driving south, to capture the high ground north of the city of <a href="Falaise%2C_Calvados" title="Falaise, Calvados">Falaise</a>. The goal was to collapse the German front and cut off the retreat of German forces fighting the <a href="Allied_Powers_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Powers (World War II)">Allied</a> armies further west. The battle is considered the inaugural operation of the First Canadian Army, which had been activated on 23 July.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In the early hours of 8 August 1944, <a href="II_Canadian_Corps" title="II Canadian Corps">II Canadian Corps</a> launched the attack using <a href="Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a>. They broke through the German front lines and captured vital positions deep in the German defences. It was intended that two fresh armoured divisions would continue the attack but some hesitancy by these two comparatively inexperienced divisions and German armoured counter-attacks halted this offensive.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFellgiebel1986366_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFellgiebel1986366-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESzámvéber2018168_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESzámvéber2018168-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBergström2014172_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBergström2014172-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having advanced 9&nbsp;mi (14&nbsp;km), the Allies were halted 7&nbsp;mi (11&nbsp;km) north of Falaise and forced to prepare a fresh attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997414_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997414-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div>
<p><a href="Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a> had been an objective of the British forces assaulting <a href="Sword_Beach" title="Sword Beach">Sword Beach</a> on <a href="D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003110_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003110-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German defences were discovered to be strongest in this sector and most of the German reinforcements sent to <a href="Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> were committed to the defence of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004215_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004215-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Positional warfare ensued for the next six weeks. Several attempts by British and Canadian forces to capture Caen were unsuccessful until 9 July, when all of the city, north of the <a href="Orne_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Orne River">Orne River</a>, was captured during <a href="Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Operation Charnwood</a>. Between 18 July and 20 July, British forces launched <a href="Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Operation Goodwood</a> to outflank the city to the east and south, while Canadian forces mounted <a href="Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic">Operation Atlantic</a> to cross the Orne River and clear the remaining portions of the city. Although Operation Goodwood was halted with many tank losses, the two operations secured a bridgehead 6&nbsp;mi (9.7&nbsp;km) wide and 3&nbsp;mi (4.8&nbsp;km) deep south of the Orne.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003157_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003157-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The Germans retained their hold on the commanding terrain of the <a href="Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Verrières Ridge">Verrières Ridge</a> 5&nbsp;mi (8.0&nbsp;km) south of the city. The British and Canadian attacks launched around Caen (in part to distract the Germans from the western part of the front, where the <a href="First_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="First United States Army">First United States Army</a> was preparing to break out of the Allied lodgement) had caused the Germans to defend Verrières ridge with some of their strongest and most determined formations, including elements of three <a href="SS_Panzer_Division_order_of_battle" title="SS Panzer Division order of battle">SS Panzer divisions</a> of the <a href="I_SS_Panzer_Corps" title="I SS Panzer Corps">I SS Panzer Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003161_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003161-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Within 48 hours of the end of Operation Goodwood, the <a href="2nd_Canadian_Division" title="2nd Canadian Division">2nd Canadian Infantry Division</a> launched an attack against the "formidable" German defences on Verrières Ridge.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Canadians suffered over 1,300 casualties and territorial gains were minimal. From 25 July to 27 July, another attempt was made to take the ridge as part of <a href="Operation_Spring" title="Operation Spring">Operation Spring</a>. Poor execution resulted in around 1,500 Canadian casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200952_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200952-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaceyBond1960194_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaceyBond1960194-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Battle of Verrières Ridge</a> had claimed upwards of 2,800 Canadian casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001166–168_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001166–168-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the ridge remained in German hands, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division gained a foothold on the ridge between the village of Verrières to <a href="Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay" title="Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay">St.Martin-de-Fontenay</a>, which would allow the troops to assemble free of German observation while they prepared to launch Operation Totalize.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004226_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004226-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200957_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200957-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On 25 July, the American First Army began <a href="Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Operation Cobra</a>, which after the first two days, broke through the German defences south of <a href="Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997390–392_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997390–392-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the third day of the operation, American forces had advanced 15&nbsp;mi (24&nbsp;km) south of the Cobra start line at several points.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997393_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997393-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 July, US forces captured <a href="Avranches" title="Avranches">Avranches</a>, at the base of the <a href="Cotentin_Peninsula" title="Cotentin Peninsula">Cotentin peninsula</a>. The German left flank had collapsed and within 24 hours, units of the US <a href="United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Third Army</a> entered <a href="Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a> and advanced south and west through open country, almost without opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997394_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997394-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="1st_SS_Panzer_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st SS Panzer Division">1st SS</a>, <a href="9th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hohenstaufen" title="9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen">9th SS</a> and <a href="116th_Panzer_Division" title="116th Panzer Division">116th</a> <a href="Panzer_Divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer Divisions">Panzer divisions</a> were shifted westward from Verrières Ridge to face this new threat.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004226_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004226-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p><a href="General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a> <a href="Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Montgomery</a> (commanding the ground forces in Normandy), wanted an attack on the eastern flank of the front to capture Falaise, intending that such a move would precipitate a general German collapse. The First Canadian Army (Lieutenant General <a href="Harry_Crerar" title="Harry Crerar">Harry Crerar</a>), held this part of the Allied front. It consisted of the British <a href="I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps</a>, responsible for the extreme eastern flank of the Allied lines and II Canadian Corps (Lieutenant General <a href="Guy_Simonds" title="Guy Simonds">Guy Simonds</a>) south of Caen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Operation Totalize was to be the first major operation conducted by the <a href="First_Canadian_Army" title="First Canadian Army">First Canadian Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid2009xv_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid2009xv-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="II_Canadian_Corps" title="II Canadian Corps">II Canadian Corps</a>, which was to carry out the operation consisted of the <a href="2nd_Canadian_Division_during_World_War_II" title="2nd Canadian Division during World War II">2nd Canadian Infantry Division</a>, <a href="3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Canadian Infantry Division">3rd Canadian Infantry Division</a>, <a href="49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding) Infantry Division</a>, <a href="51st_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="51st (Highland) Infantry Division">51st (Highland) Infantry Division</a>, <a href="4th_Canadian_(Armoured)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Canadian (Armoured) Division">4th Canadian (Armoured) Division</a>, <a href="1st_Polish_Armoured_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Polish Armoured Division">1st Polish Armoured Division</a>, <a href="2nd_Canadian_Armoured_Brigade" title="2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade">2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade</a> and the British <a href="33rd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">33rd Armoured Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelaforce2003138_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelaforce2003138-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canadian_plan">Canadian plan</h2></div>
<p>The German defences on Verrières Ridge remained very strong.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTED'Este2004423_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTED'Este2004423-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The forward infantry positions were well dug-in, with wide fields of fire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004221_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004221-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main concentration of one hundred <a href="7.5_cm_PaK_40" class="mw-redirect" title="7.5 cm PaK 40">75 mm</a> and <a href="88_mm_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="88 mm gun">88 mm</a> <a href="Anti-tank_gun" title="Anti-tank gun">anti-tank guns</a> was deployed around the villages of Cramesnil and <a href="Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil" title="Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil">Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil</a> 3&nbsp;mi (4.8&nbsp;km) behind the German forward positions, to halt any breakthrough by tanks along the Caen–Falaise road.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTED'Este2004423_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTED'Este2004423-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The front line and defences in depth were held by the 89th Infantry Division, <a href="85th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">85th Infantry Division</a> (recently arrived from <a href="Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a>) and the remnants of the <a href="272nd_Grenadier_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="272nd Grenadier Infantry Division">272nd Grenadier Infantry Division</a> (severely depleted by the Canadians in Operation Atlantic).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend" title="12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend">12th SS Panzer Division <i>Hitlerjugend</i></a> with an attached heavy <a href="Tiger_tank" title="Tiger tank">Tiger tank</a> battalion, with fifty tanks, was in reserve a further 3&nbsp;mi (4.8&nbsp;km) back. Some of the infantry were commanded by the German <a href="LXXXVI_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="LXXXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">LXXXVI <i>Korps</i></a> but most of the sector (and the 12th SS Panzer Division) was under the command of the I SS Panzer Corps, which had arrived in the area during Operation Goodwood.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Simonds knew that infantry assaults supported by massed artillery had failed to overcome the German forward lines in Operation Atlantic and Operation Spring. During Operation Goodwood, a bombardment by aircraft of <a href="RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a> had assisted British tanks to break through the German front but they had then suffered many casualties from intact German defences arrayed in depth beyond the bombing. Infantry had been unable to follow up quickly enough to support the leading tanks or to secure ground behind them (follow-up units were also slowed). To solve the tactical problem presented by the terrain and the deep defences, Simonds proposed a radical solution, the first large attack by mechanized infantry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003160,_166_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003160,_166-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Some <a href="Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">field artillery</a> regiments in Canadian and British infantry divisions had been temporarily equipped with <a href="M7_Priest" title="M7 Priest">M7 Priest</a> 105 mm self-propelled guns for the landings. When they were replaced by towed <a href="Ordnance_QF_25-pounder" title="Ordnance QF 25-pounder">QF 25-pounder</a> gun-howitzers, these vehicles were superfluous to operations. Simonds had the Priests converted into <a href="Kangaroo_(armoured_personnel_carrier)" title="Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)">"Kangaroo"</a> <a href="Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carriers</a> which would allow infantry to follow the tanks closely on any terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Permission was first requested from the Americans, from whom the M7s had been borrowed, to convert them into APCs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Simonds made <a href="Air_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Air power">air power</a> fundamental to his plan for breaking through the German defence zones.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerrun2003139_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerrun2003139-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The preliminary <a href="Aerial_bombardment" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerial bombardment">aerial bombardment</a> called for RAF bombers to saturate the German defences on both flanks of a 4&nbsp;mi (6.4&nbsp;km)-wide corridor along the axis of the Caen–Falaise road, during the night of 7 August. During the early hours of 8 August, two attacking forces of tanks and armoured personnel carriers would advance along the corridor. West of the road under the 2nd Canadian Division were the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. East of the road, under the 51st (Highland) Division were the 154th (Highland) Brigade and the 33rd Armoured Brigade. These two columns would bypass the front-line defenders and capture the main German anti-tank defences around Cramesnil and Saint-Aignan de Cramesnil at dawn.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003165_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003165-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The second phase would follow immediately. While the remaining four infantry brigades of the 2nd Canadian Division and 51st (Highland) Division cleared up the isolated German forward defences and the 3rd Canadian Division and 49th (West Riding) Division (I Corps) began subsidiary attacks to widen the base of the salient captured in the first phase, the 4th Canadian Armoured Division and 1st Polish Armoured Division would move up the corridor to Cramesnil and prepare to advance further south. To prepare for their attack, bombers of the US <a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> would bombard the German reserve positions at Hautmesnil. The ultimate objective was the high ground north of Falaise, 15&nbsp;mi (24&nbsp;km) beyond the start line.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Canadian_Army_attack">First Canadian Army attack</h2></div>

<p>During the evening of 7 August 1944, the attacking forces formed up in six columns, four vehicles wide, comprising tanks, Kangaroo APCs, <a href="Half-track" title="Half-track">half tracks</a>, <a href="Self-propelled_anti-tank_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-propelled anti-tank gun">self-propelled anti-tank guns</a> and <a href="Mine_flail" title="Mine flail">Mine flail</a> tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997412_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997412-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 23:00, <a href="Bomber_Command" title="Bomber Command">Bomber Command</a> commenced the bombardment of German positions along the Caen front. At 23:30, the armoured columns began their advance behind a <a href="Barrage_(artillery)" title="Barrage (artillery)">rolling barrage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Movement was slow at first, many APC drivers became disoriented by the dust caused by the vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several vehicles became stuck in bomb craters. Simonds had arranged several methods for the columns to maintain direction; some vehicles were fitted with <a href="Radio_direction_finder" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio direction finder">radio direction finders</a>, the artillery fired target-marking shells, <a href="Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40 mm</a> guns fired bursts of <a href="Tracer_ammunition" title="Tracer ammunition">tracer</a> in the direction of the advance. In spite of all these measures, there was still confusion. Several vehicles collided or were knocked out.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoy1984166_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy1984166-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The attack broke through the German defences in several places.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By dawn, the attacking columns from the 51st (Highland) Division had reached their intended positions. The infantry dismounted from their Kangaroo APCs within 200&nbsp;yd (180&nbsp;m) of their objectives at the villages of Cramensnil and Saint-Aignan de Cramesnil, rapidly over-running the defenders.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997412_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997412-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The columns from the 2nd Canadian Division were delayed by fog and unexpected opposition on their right flank but by noon on 8 August, the Allied forces had captured Verrières Ridge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoy1984167_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy1984167-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The novel methods used by Simonds ensured that the attackers suffered only a fraction of the loss which would have been incurred in a normal "dismounted" attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997413_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997413-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Allies were poised to move against <a href="Cintheaux" title="Cintheaux">Cintheaux</a>, 2&nbsp;mi (3.2&nbsp;km) south of their furthest penetration but Simonds ordered a halt, to allow field artillery and the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish armoured divisions to move into position for the second phase of the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Panzergruppe_West"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Panzergruppe West</i></span></h2></div>

<p><a href="Brigadef%C3%BChrer" title="Brigadeführer">SS <i>Brigadeführer</i></a> (General) <a href="Kurt_Meyer" title="Kurt Meyer">Kurt Meyer</a>, commander of the 12th SS Panzer Division, had already ordered infantry from various formations shattered by the bombers and by the armoured attack, to occupy Cintheaux. He also moved forward two <a href="Battlegroup_(army)" title="Battlegroup (army)">battlegroups</a> from his division, consisting of <a href="Assault_gun" title="Assault gun">assault guns</a>, infantry and Tiger tanks, positioning them across the Canadian front.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after midday, he ordered these two battlegroups to counter-attack the leading Allied troops. At this point, the Allied offensive plan called for additional bombardment by the Eighth Air Force, before the 4th Canadian Armoured Division and the 1st Polish Armoured Division pushed south towards Falaise on either side of the Caen–Falaise Road.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTED'Este2004424,_422_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTED'Este2004424,_422-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The counter-attack by the 12th SS Panzer Division failed but placed Meyer's tanks north of the target area that the Eighth Air Force bombarded, ready for the second phase of the Allied attack. Spared the effects of the bombing, the tanks slowed the advance of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, preventing a breakthrough east of the road. West of the road, the German infantry at Cintheaux held up the Canadian armoured formations. Neither division (both on their debut) pressed their attacks as hard as Simonds demanded and laagered (took up defensive positions) while vehicles and troops were supplied and rested when dark fell.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229–230_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229–230-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>To restore the momentum of the attack, Simonds ordered a column from the 4th Canadian Armoured Division to seize Hill 195, just to the west of the main road, halfway between Cintheaux and Falaise. Worthington Force with B, C and HQ companies of the <a href="Algonquin_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Algonquin Regiment">Algonquin Regiment</a> supporting <span class="nowrap">52 tanks</span> from the <a href="British_Columbia_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="British Columbia Regiment">British Columbia Regiment</a>, bumped into the rear of Halfpenny Force fighting the SS in Bretteville-le-Rabet, went round them and lost direction. When dawn broke on 9 August, Worthington Force was 4.5&nbsp;mi (7.2&nbsp;km) to the east of Hill 195 at <a href="Battle_for_Hill_140" title="Battle for Hill 140">Hill 140</a>, halfway between <a href="Estr%C3%A9es-la-Campagne" title="Estrées-la-Campagne">Estrees-la-Campagne</a> and <a href="Mazi%C3%A8res" title="Mazières">Mazieres</a>. Of the fifteen attacking Allied tanks only two were able to escape.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFellgiebel1986366_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFellgiebel1986366-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBergström2014172_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBergström2014172-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 17.00 hours what remained of Worthington Force had either been captured or forced to withdraw.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the column was on Hill 140, the wrong objective, other units sent to reinforce went towards the wrong hill. Eventually, another force captured Hill 195 in a model night attack on 10 August; the Germans had been given time to withdraw and reform a defensive line on the Laison River.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 11 August, the Anglo-Canadian offensive had ended.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECawthorne2005125_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECawthorne2005125-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2></div>

<p>The early phases of the assault had been a great success, despite many casualties in the two Allied armoured divisions in their attempt to push towards Falaise. Formations of four divisions of the First Canadian Army held positions on Hill 195, directly north of Falaise. At the same time, Allied forces managed to inflict upwards of <span class="nowrap">1,500 casualties</span> on the Germans. <a href="Major_general" title="Major general">Major General</a> <a href="Rod_Keller" title="Rod Keller">Rod Keller</a> was removed from his command of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, after having been badly wounded when his headquarters were hit by American bombs. Keller's poor performance in Totalize lost him the confidence of General Crerar and he received no further command positions for the remainder of the war. Simonds and Crerar mounted a follow-up offensive, <a href="Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable">Operation Tractable</a>, which took place between 14 and 21 August. On 21 August, the <a href="Falaise_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Falaise Pocket">Falaise Pocket</a> was closed when Canadian and Polish units made contact with US troops from the south, ending Commonwealth participation in the Battle of Normandy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230–232_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230–232-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Joe_Ekins" title="Joe Ekins">Joe Ekins</a></li>
<li><a href="Sydney_Valpy_Radley-Walters" title="Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters">Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters</a></li>
<li><a href="Michael_Wittmann" title="Michael Wittmann">Michael Wittmann</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michael Reynolds quoting <a href="Stanis%C5%82aw_Maczek" title="Stanisław Maczek">Stanisław Maczek</a>, places the Polish losses during the operation at 656 men.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReynolds2001246_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReynolds2001246-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Copp wrote that Canadian losses included more than 600 men killed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECopp2004211_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECopp2004211-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reynolds claims that the operation cost the Canadians over 80 tanks, while Maczek claims that the 1st Polish Armoured Division lost an additional 66 tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReynolds2001246_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReynolds2001246-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Copp states that German losses are estimated but did include 1,270 prisoners.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECopp2004211_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECopp2004211-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">German armoured counter-attacks led notably by <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">SS-Oberscharführer</i></span> <a href="Rudolf_Roy" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolf Roy">Rudolf Roy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESzámvéber2018168_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESzámvéber2018168-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200423-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200423_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHart2004">Hart 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;23.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200432-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200432_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHart2004">Hart 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;32.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEReynolds2001246-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReynolds2001246_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReynolds2001246_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReynolds2001">Reynolds 2001</a>, p.&nbsp;246.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECopp2004211-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECopp2004211_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECopp2004211_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCopp2004">Copp 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;211.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997414-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997414_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997414_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, p.&nbsp;414.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410–414-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410–414_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, pp.&nbsp;410–414.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;229.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFellgiebel1986366-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFellgiebel1986366_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFellgiebel1986366_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFellgiebel1986">Fellgiebel 1986</a>, p.&nbsp;366.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESzámvéber2018168-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESzámvéber2018168_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESzámvéber2018168_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSzámvéber2018">Számvéber 2018</a>, p.&nbsp;168.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBergström2014172-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBergström2014172_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBergström2014172_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBergström2014">Bergström 2014</a>, p.&nbsp;172.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003110-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003110_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVan_der_Vat2003">Van der Vat 2003</a>, p.&nbsp;110.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004215-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004215_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;215.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003157-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003157_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVan_der_Vat2003">Van der Vat 2003</a>, p.&nbsp;157.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003161-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003161_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVan_der_Vat2003">Van der Vat 2003</a>, p.&nbsp;161.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;222</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200952-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200952_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReid2009">Reid 2009</a>, p.&nbsp;52.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaceyBond1960194-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaceyBond1960194_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStaceyBond1960">Stacey &amp; Bond 1960</a>, p.&nbsp;194.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001166–168-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001166–168_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZuehlke2001">Zuehlke 2001</a>, pp.&nbsp;166–168.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004226-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004226_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004226_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;226.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200957-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200957_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReid2009">Reid 2009</a>, p.&nbsp;57.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997390–392-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997390–392_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, pp.&nbsp;390–392.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997393-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997393_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, p.&nbsp;393.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997394-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997394_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, p.&nbsp;394.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997410_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, p.&nbsp;410.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid2009xv-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid2009xv_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReid2009">Reid 2009</a>, p.&nbsp;xv.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelaforce2003138-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelaforce2003138_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDelaforce2003">Delaforce 2003</a>, p.&nbsp;138.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003166_30-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVan_der_Vat2003">Van der Vat 2003</a>, p.&nbsp;166.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTED'Este2004423-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTED'Este2004423_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTED'Este2004423_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFD'Este2004">D'Este 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;423.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004221-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004221_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;221.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004228_33-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;228.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003160,_166-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003160,_166_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVan_der_Vat2003">Van der Vat 2003</a>, pp.&nbsp;160, 166.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerrun2003139-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerrun2003139_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerrun2003">Perrun 2003</a>, p.&nbsp;139.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003165-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVan_der_Vat2003165_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVan_der_Vat2003">Van der Vat 2003</a>, p.&nbsp;165.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZuehlke2001168_37-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZuehlke2001">Zuehlke 2001</a>, p.&nbsp;168.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997412-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997412_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997412_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, p.&nbsp;412.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy1984166-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoy1984166_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoy1984">Roy 1984</a>, p.&nbsp;166.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy1984167-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoy1984167_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoy1984">Roy 1984</a>, p.&nbsp;167.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997413-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmot1997413_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilmot1997">Wilmot 1997</a>, p.&nbsp;413.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTED'Este2004424,_422-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTED'Este2004424,_422_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFD'Este2004">D'Este 2004</a>, pp.&nbsp;424, 422.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229–230-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004229–230_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, pp.&nbsp;229–230.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, p.&nbsp;230.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECawthorne2005125-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECawthorne2005125_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCawthorne2005">Cawthorne 2005</a>, p.&nbsp;125.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230–232-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBercuson2004230–232_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBercuson2004">Bercuson 2004</a>, pp.&nbsp;230–232.</span>
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<li><cite id="CITEREFD'Este2004" class="citation book cs1">D'Este, Carlo (2004) [1983]. <i>Decision in Normandy: The Real Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign</i>. Penguin Books. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>0-14-101761-9</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFHart2004" class="citation book cs1">Hart, Stephen (2004). <i>Road to Falaise</i>. Battle Zone Normandy. Sutton. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>0-7509-3016-0</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFPerrun2003" class="citation journal cs1">Perrun, Jody (January 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fjmh.2003.0064">"Best-Laid Plans: Guy Simonds and Operation Totalize, 7–10 August 1944"</a>. <i>The Journal of Military History</i>. <b>67</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">137–</span>173. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fjmh.2003.0064">10.1353/jmh.2003.0064</a></span>. <a href="ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0899-3718">0899-3718</a>. <a href="S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:159737875">159737875</a>.</cite></li>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>
<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFMaczek2006" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="Stanis%C5%82aw_Maczek" title="Stanisław Maczek">Maczek, Stanisław</a> (2006) [1944]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol15/iss2/7/">"The First Polish Armoured Division in Normandy"</a>. <i>Canadian Military History</i>. <b>15</b> (2). Wilfrid Laurier University Press: <span class="nowrap">51–</span>70. <a href="ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1195-8472">1195-8472</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFNapier2015" class="citation book cs1">Napier, S. (2015). <i>Armoured Campaign in Normandy June–August 1944</i>. Stroud: The History Press. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>978-0-7509-6270-4</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFPerrun1999" class="citation book cs1">Perrun, J. C. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0007/MQ43322.pdf"><i>Missed Opportunities: First Canadian Army and the Air Plan for Operation Totalize, 7–10 August 1944</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (MA). Ottawa: Carleton University. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>978-0-612-43322-9</bdi><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFTrewBadsey2004" class="citation book cs1">Trew, Simon; Badsey, Stephen (2004). <i>Battle for Caen</i>. Battle Zone Normandy. Cheltenham: The History Press. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>0-7509-3010-1</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Allied_technological_cooperation_during_World_War_II" title="Allied technological cooperation during World War II">Allied cooperation</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mulberry_harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry harbour">Mulberry harbour</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Total_war#World_War_II" title="Total war">Total war</a> </span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">Strategic bombing</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="List_of_World_War_II_puppet_states" title="List of World War II puppet states">Puppet states</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Women_in_World_War_II" title="Women in World War II">Women</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Art_and_World_War_II" title="Art and World War II">Art and World War II</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Music_in_World_War_II" title="Music in World War II">Music in World War II</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Weather_events_during_wars#World_War_II" title="Weather events during wars">Weather events during World War II</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="List_of_theaters_and_campaigns_of_World_War_II" title="List of theaters and campaigns of World War II">Theaters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Asiatic-Pacific_theater" title="Asiatic-Pacific theater">Asia and Pacific</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">North and Central Pacific</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South-West Pacific</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Indian_Ocean_in_World_War_II" title="Indian Ocean in World War II">Indian Ocean</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">Europe</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="North_African_campaign" title="North African campaign">North Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Italy</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">West Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Atlantic</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Timeline_of_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic">timeline</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="American_Theater_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Theater (World War II)">Americas</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Aftermath_of_World_War_II" title="Aftermath of World War II">Aftermath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Decolonization" title="Decolonization">Decolonization</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">Division of Korea</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%931950)" title="Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)">Expulsion of Germans</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Indonesian_National_Revolution" title="Indonesian National Revolution">Indonesian National Revolution</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Keelhaul" title="Operation Keelhaul"><i>Keelhaul</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Occupation of Germany</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Osoaviakhim" title="Operation Osoaviakhim"><i>Osoaviakhim</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Paperclip" title="Operation Paperclip"><i>Paperclip</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_occupations_by_the_Soviet_Union" title="Military occupations by the Soviet Union">Soviet occupations</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Baltic</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hungary%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Hungary–Soviet Union relations">Hungary</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Polish_People's_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_occupation_of_Romania" title="Soviet occupation of Romania">Romania</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Oder%E2%80%93Neisse_line" title="Oder–Neisse line">Territorial changes of Germany</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany" title="Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany">Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="War_crimes_in_World_War_II" title="War crimes in World War II">War crimes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Allied_war_crimes_during_World_War_II" title="Allied war crimes during World War II">Allied war crimes</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="Soviet war crimes">Soviet war crimes</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_atrocities_committed_against_prisoners_of_war_during_World_War_II" title="Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II">Atrocities against prisoners of war</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="British_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="British war crimes">British war crimes</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="United_States_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="United States war crimes">United States war crimes</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="German war crimes">German war crimes</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" title="Forced labour under German rule during World War II">forced labour</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht" title="War crimes of the Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht war crimes</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Aftermath_of_the_Holocaust" title="Aftermath of the Holocaust">Aftermath</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="International_response_to_the_Holocaust" title="International response to the Holocaust">Response</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_war_crimes" title="Italian war crimes">Italian war crimes</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_war_crimes" title="Japanese war crimes">Japanese war crimes</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Nanjing_Massacre" title="Nanjing Massacre">Nanjing Massacre</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Unit_731" title="Unit 731">Unit 731</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East" title="International Military Tribunal for the Far East">Prosecution</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Usta%C5%A1e" title="Ustaše">Croatian war crimes</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia">Genocide of Serbs</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="The_Holocaust_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia">Persecution of Jews</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania#The_Holocaust" title="History of the Jews in Romania">Romanian war crimes</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">Sexual violence</span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_military_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German military brothels in World War II">German military brothels</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_camp_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German camp brothels in World War II">Camp brothels</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Germany" title="Rape during the occupation of Germany">Rape during the occupation of Germany</a> &nbsp;/ <a href="Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Japan" title="Rape during the occupation of Japan">Japan</a> &nbsp;/ <a href="Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupation_of_Poland" title="Rape during the Soviet occupation of Poland">Poland</a> &nbsp;/ <a href="Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Manchuria" title="Rape during the occupation of Manchuria">Manchuria</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rape_during_the_liberation_of_France" title="Rape during the liberation of France">Rape during the liberation of France</a> &nbsp;/ <a href="Rape_during_the_liberation_of_Serbia" title="Rape during the liberation of Serbia">Serbia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Sook_Ching" title="Sook Ching">Sook Ching</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">Comfort women</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Manila_massacre#Mass_rapes" title="Manila massacre">Rape of Manila</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Marocchinate" title="Marocchinate">Marocchinate</a></span></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="World_War_II_by_country" title="World War II by country">Participants</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Algeria_in_World_War_II" title="Algeria in World War II">Algeria</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Australia during World War II">Australia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Belgium_in_World_War_II" title="Belgium in World War II">Belgium</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Brazil_in_World_War_II" title="Brazil in World War II">Brazil</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (<a href="1944_Bulgarian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Bulgarian coup d'état">from September 1944</a>)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Canada_in_World_War_II" title="Canada in World War II">Canada</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cuba_during_World_War_II" title="Cuba during World War II">Cuba</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Czechoslovakia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">Denmark</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Ethiopia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Eswatini_in_World_War_II" title="Eswatini in World War II">Eswatini</a> (formerly Swaziland)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (<a href="Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">from September 1944</a>)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="France_during_World_War_II" title="France during World War II">France</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_Greece_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Greece during World War II">Greece</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="India_in_World_War_II" title="India in World War II">India</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_Co-belligerent_Army" title="Italian Co-belligerent Army">Italy</a> (<a href="Italian_Civil_War" title="Italian Civil War">from September 1943</a>)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Liberia_in_World_War_II" title="Liberia in World War II">Liberia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Luxembourg_in_World_War_II" title="Luxembourg in World War II">Luxembourg</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mexico_during_World_War_II" title="Mexico during World War II">Mexico</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_the_Netherlands_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Netherlands during World War II">Netherlands</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_Newfoundland_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Newfoundland during World War II">Newfoundland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_New_Zealand_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of New Zealand during World War II">New Zealand</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norway</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_the_Philippines_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Philippines during World War II">Philippines</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Poland (1939–1945)">Poland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (<a href="1944_Romanian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Romanian coup d'état">from August 1944</a>)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Sierra_Leone_in_World_War_II" title="Sierra Leone in World War II">Sierra Leone</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_South_Africa_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of South Africa during World War II">South Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Southern_Rhodesia_in_World_War_II" title="Southern Rhodesia in World War II">Southern Rhodesia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II" title="Soviet Union in World War II">Soviet Union</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tuva_in_World_War_II" title="Tuva in World War II">Tuva</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II">United Kingdom</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="British_Empire_in_World_War_II" title="British Empire in World War II">British Empire</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">United States</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Puerto_Ricans_in_World_War_II" title="Puerto Ricans in World War II">Puerto Rico</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Albania protectorate</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (until September 1944)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="State_of_Burma" title="State of Burma">State of Burma</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Wang_Jingwei_regime" title="Wang Jingwei regime">Republic of China (Wang Jingwei)</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (until September 1944)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German Reich</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hungary_in_World_War_II" title="Hungary in World War II">Hungary</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Azad_Hind" title="Azad Hind">Azad Hind</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Iraq</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Italy during World War II">Italy</a> (until September 1943)</span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italian Social Republic</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mengjiang" title="Mengjiang">Mengjiang</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Philippine_Republic" title="Second Philippine Republic">Philippines</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (until August 1944)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovak Republic</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Thailand_in_World_War_II" title="Thailand in World War II">Thailand</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Leased_Territory_of_Guangzhouwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan">Guangzhouwan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="French_Indochina_in_World_War_II" title="French Indochina in World War II">French Indochina</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Madagascar_in_World_War_II" title="Madagascar in World War II">French Madagascar</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon" title="Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon">Syria–Lebanon</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="French_North_Africa" title="French North Africa">French North Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">French West Africa</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">Collaboration</span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Neutral_powers_during_World_War_II" title="Neutral powers during World War II">Neutral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="Kingdom of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="History_of_Andorra#20th_and_21st_centuries" title="History of Andorra">Andorra</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II" title="Irish neutrality during World War II">Ireland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Liechtenstein_in_World_War_II" title="Liechtenstein in World War II">Liechtenstein</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Invasion_and_occupation_of_Monaco_during_World_War_II#World_War_II" title="Invasion and occupation of Monaco during World War II">Monaco</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Portugal_during_World_War_II" title="Portugal during World War II">Portugal</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="History_of_San_Marino#World_War_II" title="History of San Marino">San Marino</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Neutral_powers_during_World_War_II#Saudi_Arabia" title="Neutral powers during World War II">Saudi Arabia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Spain_during_World_War_II" title="Spain during World War II">Spain</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Sweden_during_World_War_II" title="Sweden during World War II">Sweden</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Switzerland_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland during the World Wars">Switzerland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tibet_(1912%E2%80%931951)" title="Tibet (1912–1951)">Tibet</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Military_history_of_Turkey#World_War_II" title="Military history of Turkey">Turkey</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vatican_City_during_World_War_II" title="Vatican City during World War II">Vatican City</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Kingdom_of_Yemen#World_War_II_and_after" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Yemen</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Resistance_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance during World War II">Resistance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albania</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Austrian_resistance" title="Austrian resistance">Austria</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Belgian_Resistance" title="Belgian Resistance">Belgium</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bulgarian_resistance_movement_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II">Bulgaria</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Resistance_in_the_Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">Czech lands</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Danish_resistance_movement" title="Danish resistance movement">Denmark</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_occupation_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies#Underground_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Estonian_anti-German_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931944" title="Estonian anti-German resistance movement 1941–1944">Estonia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Arbegnoch" title="Arbegnoch">Ethiopia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">France</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_resistance_to_Nazism" title="German resistance to Nazism">Germany</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Greek_resistance" title="Greek resistance">Greece</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong#Anti-Japanese_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_resistance_movement" title="Italian resistance movement">Italy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Political_dissidence_in_the_Empire_of_Japan#Dissidence_during_World_War_II" title="Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan">Japan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Jewish_resistance_in_German-occupied_Europe" title="Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe">Jews</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Korean_Liberation_Army" title="Korean Liberation Army">Korean Liberation Army</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Korean_Volunteer_Army" title="Korean Volunteer Army">Korean Volunteer Army</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Latvian_anti-Nazi_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931945" title="Latvian anti-Nazi resistance movement 1941–1945">Latvia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Resistance_in_Lithuania_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance in Lithuania during World War II">Lithuania</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Luxembourg_Resistance" title="Luxembourg Resistance">Luxembourg</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Malayan_Peoples'_Anti-Japanese_Army" title="Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army">Malaya</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Dutch_resistance" title="Dutch resistance">Netherlands</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Northeast_Anti-Japanese_United_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army">Northeast China</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Norwegian_resistance_movement" title="Norwegian resistance movement">Norway</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Philippine_resistance_against_Japan" title="Philippine resistance against Japan">Philippines</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II" title="Polish resistance movement in World War II">Poland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Romanian_resistance_movement_during_World_War_II" title="Romanian resistance movement during World War II">Romania</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Free_Thai_Movement" title="Free Thai Movement">Thailand</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_partisans" title="Soviet partisans">Soviet Union</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Slovak_National_Uprising" title="Slovak National Uprising">Slovakia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Western Ukraine</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">Vietnam</span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vi%E1%BB%87t_Nam_Qu%E1%BB%91c_D%C3%A2n_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3ng" title="Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng">Quốc dân Đảng</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslavia</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Finnish_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">German prisoners</span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_prisoners_of_war_in_Azerbaijan" title="German prisoners of war in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_States" title="German prisoners of war in the United States">United States</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="German prisoners of war in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_World_War_II" title="Japanese prisoners of war in World War II">Japanese prisoners</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_atrocities_committed_against_Polish_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war">German atrocities against Polish POWs</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">Soviet prisoners</span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_prisoners_of_war_in_Finland" title="Soviet prisoners of war in Finland">Finland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_atrocities_committed_against_Soviet_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war">atrocities by Germans</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Polish_prisoners-of-war_in_the_Soviet_Union_after_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish prisoners-of-war in the Soviet Union after 1939">Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Romanian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="List_of_timelines_of_World_War_II" title="List of timelines of World War II">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Prelude7712" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Causes_of_World_War_II" title="Causes of World War II">Prelude</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Abyssinia_Crisis" title="Abyssinia Crisis">Africa</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Second Italo-Ethiopian War</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Asia" title="Events preceding World War II in Asia">Asia</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol" title="Battles of Khalkhin Gol">Battles of Khalkhin Gol</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="Events preceding World War II in Europe">Europe</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Remilitarisation_of_the_Rhineland" title="Remilitarisation of the Rhineland">Remilitarisation of the Rhineland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Occupation of Czechoslovakia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Himmler" title="Operation Himmler">Operation Himmler</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></span></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)" title="Timeline of World War II (1939)">1939</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Phoney_War" title="Phoney War">Phoney War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Changsha_(1939)" title="Battle of Changsha (1939)">First Battle of Changsha</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_South_Guangxi" title="Battle of South Guangxi">Battle of South Guangxi</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="1939%E2%80%931940_Winter_Offensive" title="1939–1940 Winter Offensive">1939–1940 Winter Offensive</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1940)" title="Timeline of World War II (1940)">1940</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norwegian campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)" title="German invasion of Denmark (1940)">German invasion of Denmark</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Zaoyang%E2%80%93Yichang" title="Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang">Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_invasion_of_Luxembourg" title="German invasion of Luxembourg">German invasion of Luxembourg</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_invasion_of_the_Netherlands" title="German invasion of the Netherlands">German invasion of the Netherlands</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">German invasion of Belgium</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">North Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">West Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Italian_invasion_of_British_Somaliland" title="Italian invasion of British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hundred_Regiments_Offensive" title="Hundred Regiments Offensive">Hundred Regiments Offensive</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states_(1940)" title="Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)">Baltic states</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina">Eastern Romania</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina" title="Japanese invasion of French Indochina">Japanese invasion of French Indochina</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Italian invasion of Greece</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Compass</a></i></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1941)" title="Timeline of World War II (1941)">1941</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_South_Henan" title="Battle of South Henan">Battle of South Henan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Shanggao" title="Battle of Shanggao">Battle of Shanggao</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_invasion_of_Greece" title="German invasion of Greece">German invasion of Greece</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Anglo-Iraqi War</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_South_Shanxi" title="Battle of South Shanxi">Battle of South Shanxi</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign" title="Syria–Lebanon campaign">Syria–Lebanon campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East African campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Invasion of the Soviet Union</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Summer_War" title="Summer War">Summer War</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Finland</a> (<i><a href="Operation_Silver_Fox" title="Operation Silver Fox">Silver Fox</a></i>)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="June_Uprising_in_Lithuania" title="June Uprising in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)" title="Battle of Kiev (1941)">Battle of Kiev</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran" title="Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran">Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Changsha_(1941)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941)">Second Battle of Changsha</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)">Siege of Sevastopol</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand" title="Japanese invasion of Thailand">Japanese invasion of Thailand</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Hong_Kong" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Fall of Hong Kong</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Philippines campaign (1941–1942)">Fall of the Philippines</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Guam_(1941)" title="Battle of Guam (1941)">Battle of Guam</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Malayan_campaign" title="Malayan campaign">Malayan campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Borneo_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Borneo (1941–1942)">Battle of Borneo</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_invasion_of_Burma" title="Japanese invasion of Burma">Japanese invasion of Burma</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Changsha_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)">Third Battle of Changsha</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Great_Famine_(Greece)" title="Great Famine (Greece)">Greek famine of 1941–1944</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1942)" title="Timeline of World War II (1942)">1942</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Fall_of_Singapore" title="Fall of Singapore">Fall of Singapore</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_the_Java_Sea" title="Battle of the Java Sea">Battle of the Java Sea</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="St_Nazaire_Raid" title="St Nazaire Raid">St Nazaire Raid</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Christmas_Island" title="Battle of Christmas Island">Battle of Christmas Island</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Madagascar" title="Battle of Madagascar">Battle of Madagascar</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Zhejiang-Jiangxi_campaign" title="Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign">Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Gazala" title="Battle of Gazala">Battle of Gazala</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Dutch_Harbor" title="Battle of Dutch Harbor">Battle of Dutch Harbor</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Aleutian_Islands_campaign" title="Aleutian Islands campaign">Aleutian Islands campaign</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_occupation_of_Kiska" title="Japanese occupation of Kiska">Kiska</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_occupation_of_Attu" title="Japanese occupation of Attu"> Attu</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Blue</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Rzhev%2C_summer_1942" title="Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942">Rzhev</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Jubilee</a></i></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch"><i>Torch</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chinese_famine_of_1942%E2%80%931943" title="Chinese famine of 1942–1943">Chinese famine of 1942–1943</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1943)" title="Timeline of World War II (1943)">1943</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Black_May_(1943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black May (1943)">Black May</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tunisian_campaign" title="Tunisian campaign">Tunisian campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_West_Hubei" title="Battle of West Hubei">Battle of West Hubei</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Attu" title="Battle of Attu">Battle of Attu</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II#June_1943" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Smolensk_operation" title="Smolensk operation">Smolensk</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Cottage" title="Operation Cottage"><i>Cottage</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Allied invasion of Italy</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Armistice_of_Cassibile" title="Armistice of Cassibile">Armistice of Cassibile</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Burma_campaign" title="Burma campaign">Burma</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Northern_Burma_and_Western_Yunnan" title="Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan">Northern Burma and Western Yunnan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Changde" title="Battle of Changde">Changde</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">Second Battle of Kiev</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign" title="Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign">Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Tarawa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Makin" title="Battle of Makin">Makin</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)" title="Timeline of World War II (1944)">1944</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Tempest" title="Operation Tempest"><i>Tempest</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Monte_Cassino" title="Battle of Monte Cassino">Monte Cassino</a> / <a href="Battle_of_Anzio" title="Battle of Anzio">Anzio</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Korsun%E2%80%93Cherkassy" title="Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy">Korsun–Cherkassy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Narva_(1944)" title="Battle of Narva (1944)">Narva</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_U-Go" title="Operation U-Go"><i>U-Go</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Imphal" title="Battle of Imphal">Imphal</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Ichi-Go" title="Operation Ichi-Go"><i>Ichi-Go</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Kohima" title="Battle of Kohima">Kohima</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord"><i>Overlord</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings"><i>Neptune</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Mariana and Palau</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration"><i>Bagration</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lvov%E2%80%93Sandomierz_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Lvov–Sandomierz offensive">Western Ukraine</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Guam_(1944)" title="Battle of Guam (1944)">Second Battle of Guam</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Tannenberg_Line" title="Battle of Tannenberg Line">Tannenberg Line</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive">Eastern Romania</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Liberation of Paris</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon"><i>Dragoon</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Belgrade_offensive" title="Belgrade offensive">Belgrade offensive</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_San_Marino" title="Battle of San Marino">Battle of San Marino</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Lapland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden"><i>Market Garden</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tallinn_offensive" title="Tallinn offensive">Estonia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Crossbow" title="Operation Crossbow"><i>Crossbow</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive"><i>Pointblank</i></a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vietnamese_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931945" title="Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945">Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Philippines campaign (1944–1945)">Philippines (1944–1945)</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Leyte</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Syrmian_Front" title="Syrmian Front">Syrmian Front</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Budapest_offensive" title="Budapest offensive">Hungary</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Siege_of_Budapest" title="Siege of Budapest">Budapest</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Burma_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Burma campaign (1944–1945)">Burma (1944–1945)</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Ardennes</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Operation_Bodenplatte" title="Operation Bodenplatte"><i>Bodenplatte</i></a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Dutch_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931945" title="Dutch famine of 1944–1945">Dutch famine of 1944–1945</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1945%E2%80%931991)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of World War II (1945–1991)">1945</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vistula%E2%80%93Oder_offensive" title="Vistula–Oder offensive">Vistula–Oder</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Manila_(1945)" title="Battle of Manila (1945)">Battle of Manila</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Battle of Iwo Jima</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_coup_d'%C3%A9tat_in_French_Indochina" title="Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina">Indochina</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vienna_offensive" title="Vienna offensive">Vienna offensive</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Project_Hula" title="Project Hula">Project Hula</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western invasion of Germany</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bratislava%E2%80%93Brno_offensive" title="Bratislava–Brno offensive">Bratislava–Brno offensive</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Okinawa" title="Battle of Okinawa">Battle of Okinawa</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Second_Guangxi_campaign" title="Second Guangxi campaign">Second Guangxi campaign</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_West_Hunan" title="Battle of West Hunan">West Hunan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Spring_1945_offensive_in_Italy" title="Spring 1945 offensive in Italy">Italy (Spring 1945)</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Prague_offensive" title="Prague offensive">Prague offensive</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="End of World War II in Europe">Surrender of Germany</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="German_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="German Instrument of Surrender">document</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Borneo_campaign" title="Borneo campaign">Borneo</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Raid_on_Taipei" title="Raid on Taipei">Taipei</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Allied_naval_bombardments_of_Japan_during_World_War_II" title="Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II">Naval bombardment of Japan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria" title="Soviet invasion of Manchuria">Manchuria</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Atomic bombings</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Debate</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Soviet_invasion_of_South_Sakhalin" title="Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin">South Sakhalin</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Invasion_of_the_Kuril_Islands" title="Invasion of the Kuril Islands">Kuril Islands</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Battle_of_Shumshu" title="Battle of Shumshu">Shumshu</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Surrender of Japan</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Potsdam_Declaration" title="Potsdam Declaration">Potsdam Declaration</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="Japanese Instrument of Surrender">document</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="End_of_World_War_II_in_Asia" title="End of World War II in Asia">End of World War II in Asia</a></span></li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> </span><a href="Portal%3AWorld" title="Portal:World">World portal</a></b></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bibliography_of_World_War_II" title="Bibliography of World War II">Bibliography</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">Category</span></li></ul>
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<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Primary_articles_on_the_Battle_of_Normandy,_Western_Front,_World_War_II3299" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Primary_articles_on_the_Battle_of_Normandy,_Western_Front,_World_War_II3299" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Primary articles on the Battle of Normandy, <a href="Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a>, <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Overlord</a> (overall plan)</li>
<li><a href="Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Neptune</a> (assault plan)</li>
<li><a href="American_airborne_landings_in_Normandy" title="American airborne landings in Normandy">American airborne landings in Normandy</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Atlantic" title="Operation Atlantic">Atlantic</a> (Canada)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Bluecoat" title="Operation Bluecoat">Bluecoat</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Charnwood</a> (UK and Canada)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Cobra</a> (US)</li>
<li><a href="Capture_of_the_Caen_canal_and_Orne_river_bridges" title="Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges">Capture of Caen and Orne bridges</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom">Epsom</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude">Fortitude</a> (Deception plan)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Goodwood</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Second_Battle_of_the_Odon" title="Second Battle of the Odon">Greenline, Pomegranate and Express</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Jupiter_(1944)" title="Operation Jupiter (1944)">Jupiter</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_L%C3%BCttich" title="Operation Lüttich"><i>Lüttich</i></a> (German)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Mallard</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Martlet" title="Operation Martlet">Martlet</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Perch" title="Operation Perch">Perch</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Spring" title="Operation Spring">Spring</a> (Canada)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Titanic" title="Operation Titanic">Titanic</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Tonga" title="Operation Tonga">Tonga</a> (UK 6th Airborne)</li>
<li> (Canada, Poland, UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Tractable" title="Operation Tractable">Tractable</a> (Canada, Poland, UK)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Windsor" title="Operation Windsor">Windsor</a> (Canada)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Battle_for_Brest" title="Battle for Brest">Brest</a> (US)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Br%C3%A9ville" title="Battle of Bréville">Bréville</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Caen</a> (UK, Canada)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Carentan" title="Battle of Carentan">Carentan</a> (US)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Chambois" title="Battle of Chambois">Chambois</a> (Canada, Poland, US)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Cherbourg" title="Battle of Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a> (US)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Battle of Merville Gun Battery">Merville Battery</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Verri%C3%A8res_Ridge" title="Battle of Verrières Ridge">Verrières Ridge</a> (Canada)</li>
<li><a href="Battle_of_Villers-Bocage" title="Battle of Villers-Bocage">Villers-Bocage</a> (UK)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Landing points (<abbr title="West">W</abbr>→<abbr title="East">E</abbr>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah</a> (US)</li>
<li><a href="Omaha_Beach" title="Omaha Beach">Omaha</a> (US)
<ul><li><a href="Pointe_du_Hoc" title="Pointe du Hoc">Pointe du Hoc</a> (US)</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Gold_Beach" title="Gold Beach">Gold</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="Juno_Beach" title="Juno Beach">Juno</a> (Canada)</li>
<li><a href="Sword_Beach" title="Sword Beach">Sword</a> (UK)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Logistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="American_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="American logistics in the Normandy campaign">American logistics in the Normandy campaign</a></li>
<li><a href="British_logistics_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="British logistics in the Normandy campaign">British logistics in the Normandy campaign</a></li>
<li><a href="Mulberry_harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry harbour">Mulberry harbour</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Pluto" title="Operation Pluto">Pluto</a> (Pipe-Line Under The Ocean)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Chastity" title="Operation Chastity">Operation Chastity</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Gun batteries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Amfreville_battery" title="Amfreville battery">Amfreville</a></li>
<li><a href="Azeville_battery" title="Azeville battery">Azeville</a></li>
<li><a href="Crisbecq_Battery" title="Crisbecq Battery">Crisbecq</a></li>
<li><a href="Houlgate_battery" title="Houlgate battery">Houlgate</a></li>
<li><a href="Longues-sur-Mer_battery" title="Longues-sur-Mer battery">Longues-sur-Mer</a></li>
<li><a href="Maisy_battery" title="Maisy battery">Maisy</a></li>
<li><a href="Merville_Gun_Battery" title="Merville Gun Battery">Merville</a></li>
<li><a href="Mont_Canisy_battery" title="Mont Canisy battery">Mont Canisy</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Falaise pocket</a></li>
<li><a href="Hill_262" title="Hill 262">Hill 262</a></li>
<li><a href="Hillman_Fortress" title="Hillman Fortress">Hillman Fortress</a></li>
<li><a href="Pegasus_Bridge" title="Pegasus Bridge">Pegasus Bridge</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_military_cemeteries_in_Normandy" title="List of military cemeteries in Normandy">Military cemeteries in Normandy</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a></li>
<li><a href="Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day</a></li>
<li><a href="D-Day_naval_deceptions" title="D-Day naval deceptions">D-Day naval deceptions</a></li>
<li><a href="Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Dieppe Raid</a></li>
<li><a href="Hobart's_Funnies" title="Hobart's Funnies">Hobart's Funnies</a></li>
<li><a href="Rhino_tank" title="Rhino tank">Rhino tank</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Allied_forces_in_the_Normandy_campaign" title="List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign">Allied forces in Normandy</a></li>
<li><a href="Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Liberation of Paris</a> (France)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Bodyguard" title="Operation Bodyguard">Operation Bodyguard</a></li>
<li><a href="Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a> (France, UK, US)</li>
<li><a href="Operation_Jedburgh" title="Operation Jedburgh">Operation Jedburgh</a> (France, UK, US)</li>
<li><a href="June_6%2C_1944%2C_order_of_the_day" title="June 6, 1944, order of the day">June 6, 1944, order of the day</a></li>
<li><a href="People_of_Western_Europe_speech" title="People of Western Europe speech">People of Western Europe speech</a></li>
<li><a href="Rommel's_asparagus" title="Rommel's asparagus">Rommel's asparagus</a></li>
<li><a href="Weather_forecasting_for_Operation_Overlord" title="Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord">Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord</a></li></ul>
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