✦ History

Part of World War II

Operation Cobra

July 25–31, 1944 · Cotentin Peninsula

Result Allied victory

American forces broke through German lines near Saint-Lô in Normandy after heavy bombing. The breakout opened the way for the Allied advance across France.

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Allies

Axis

United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Omar Bradley military commander Bernard Montgomery military commander
Günther von Kluge military commander Paul Hausser military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
18,450

Units

First Army (United States) VII Corps (United States) 2nd Armored Division (United States) 30th Infantry Division (United States) 3rd Armored Division (United States) 9th Infantry Division (United States) VIII Corps (United States) 4th Armored Division (United States) 6th Armored Division (United States) US 1st Division
7th Army (Wehrmacht) 352nd Infantry Division Also under LXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) II Parachute Corps (Germany) 2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 5th Parachute Division Panzer Lehr Division LXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 116th Panzer Division 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

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