Operation Cobra (jul 25, 1944 – jul 31, 1944)
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Date 25–31 July 1944Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy campaign of World War II. The intention was to take advantage of the distraction of the Germans by the British and Canadian attacks around Caen in Operation Goodwood,[12] and thereby break through the German defenses that were penning in their forces, while the Germans were unbalanced.
July 24, 1944: Operation Cobra is now in full swing: the breakout at St. Lo in Normandy with American troops taking Coutances.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10878852
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cobra
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Date:
jul 25, 1944
jul 31, 1944
~ 6 days