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Sunday 25th June 1944 - Normal Field Routine RAF Activity - 416 fighters and fighter-bombers based in Normandy were joined by 330 UK based aircraft in preparatory attacks against the defences around Caen. Allied naval task force from Portland, including US battleships USS Texas and USS Arkansas with British cruisers HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow bombard Cherbourg. Operation Epsom, a five day attack in the direction of Caen now launched, having been postponed on account of the Great Storm that wrecked the Mulberry Harbours. Operation Martlet, 49th Infantry Division attack Fontenay-le-Presnel.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:04:22 +0000

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