Battle of Cherbourg

June 6–30, 1944 · Cherbourg

Result Allied victory

American forces advanced up the Cotentin Peninsula and captured the port of Cherbourg after the Normandy landings. The Germans wrecked the harbor first, so it took weeks to reopen.

Allies

Axis

Strength and losses

Casualties
22,000
Killed
2,800
Wounded
13,500
Missing
5,700