Image: Charnwood

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Description: Anglo-Canadian and German positions prior to and after Operation Charnwood, 7-9 July 1944, showing the target zone of RAF Bomber Command's heavy bombers. The northern half of Caen was captured in the offensive.
Title: Charnwood
Credit: Own work using: onwar.com Google map of Caen Descriptive text in the following sources: Copp, Terry (2004) [2003] Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy, Toronto: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 0-80203-780-1. OCLC: 56329119. ISBN 0-80203-780-1 D'Este, Carlo (2004) [1983] Decision in Normandy: The Real Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign, London: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0-14101-761-9. OCLC: 44772546. ISBN 0-14101-761-9 Ellis, Major L.F. (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO, 1962] Victory in the West, Volume I: The Battle of Normandy, History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series, Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press Ltd ISBN: 1-84574-058-0. OCLC: 276814706. ISBN 1-84574-058-0
Author: EyeSerene
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