Caen Muharebesi Normandiya çıkarması nın ardından 1944 yılının Haziran Ağustos aylarında Fransa nın Caen şeh

Caen Muharebesi, Normandiya Çıkarması'nın ardından 1944 yılının Haziran - Ağustos aylarında Fransa'nın Caen şehri ve etrafında Müttefik Devletler (öncelikle Britanya ve Kanada birlikleri) ile Nazi Almanyası birlikleri arasında meydana gelen muharebe.

Caen Muharebesi

II. Dünya Savaşı Batı Cephesi

Caen Muharebesi

Tarih	6 Haziran 1944 – 8 Ağustos 1944
Bölge	Caen, Calvados, Normandiya, Fransa
Sonuç	Müttefiklerin zaferi

Taraflar

Birleşik Krallık

Kanada

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri

Polonya

Almanya

Komutanlar ve liderler

Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

Sepp Dietrich

Heinrich Eberbach

Güçler

*
*
*
*
*
RAF
USSAF
3 Zırhlı Tümen
11 Piyade Tümeni
5 Zırhlı Tugay
3 Tank Tugayı

5. Panzer Ordusu
*
*2. SS Panzer Kolordusu
*47. Panzer Kolordusu
*
7 Piyade Tümeni
8 Panzer Tümeni
4 ağır tank taburu

Kayıplar

50.539 kayıp

Similar to allied casualties
550 kayıp tank

Başlangıçta müttefikler çıkarma gününde Normandiya'nın en büyük şehirlerinden biri olan Fransız şehri Caen'i almayı hedefledi. Caen, birkaç sebep için hayati bir amaçtı.

Çıkarma gününde (Normandiya Çıkarması)'nda, Caen İngiliz 3. piyade Tümeni için bir objektifti ve Haziran-Temmuz ayı boyunca muharebelerin ve Ağustos'a ayı için bir odak noktası olarak kaldı.

6 Haziran 1944'te müttefik kuvvetler, Normandiya Çıkarmasını başlatarak Fransa'yı istila etti. Birkaç bin geminin kuvvetiyle Normandiya'da plajlara aniden saldırıldı ve yaklaşık olarak 3,000 uçak bu saldırıyı destekledi. Çıkarma günü sahanlıkları genellikle başarılıydı ama müttefik kuvvetler almayı planladıkları Caen'i ele geçiremedi.

Not

9 Temmuz 1944 tarihli Müttefik hava bombardımanında hasar gören Caen'ın şehir merkezi, ortada Saint-Pierre Kilisesi görünmektedir.

Kanada zırhlı birliğine bağlı M4 Sherman (Temmuz 1944, Vaucelles semtinin güneyinde, Calvados)

^ Not including the 79. Zırhlı Tümen, which never acted as a single formation. The 3 divisions are as follows: Guards Armoured Division, 7th Armoured Division and the 11th Armoured Division.
^ The following divisions all played a role in the battle for the city of Caen: 3rd Infantry Division, 6th Airborne Division, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, 59th(Staffordshire) Infantry Division, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division and the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.
^ The 4th, 8th, 27th, 33rd Armoured Brigade and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade
^ The 6th Guards Tank Brigade, 31st and 34th Tank Brigades
^ The following infantry divisions took part in the battle for Caen, although not all of them at the same time: 16th Luftwaffe Field Division, 272nd Infantry Division, 276th Infantry Division, 277th Infantry Division, 346th Infantry Division, 711th Infantry Division and the 716th Infantry Division.
^ Total casualties, all arms, all ranks. Casualty figure is for all forces within 21st Army Group, including those fighting outside of the Battle for Caen for example Operation Bluecoat, from 6 June until 7 August. The casualty source excludes Machine Gun, Motor, Air Landing, Paratrooper and Glider Pilot personnel.
^ "It is safe to say that at least 550 of the 750 tanks destroyed in Normandy by this date [the end of July] met their fate on the Caen front."

Kaynakça

Özel

^ Buckley, p. 13
^ Trew, p. 55
^ Clark, p. 14, 35; Ellis, p. 79; Jackson, p. 54; Trew, p. 54
^ ^a ^b Fortin, pp. 44, 52, 58, 64, 69, 74
^ Buckley, p. 19
^ Ellis, pp. 288 (map), 334, 378 (map), 350 (map); Jackson, pp. 60–61; Wilmot, p. 204 (map)
^ Wilmot, P. 363
^ Hart, p. 47
^ . 1 Mayıs 2005 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 29 Eylül 2009.

Genel

Buckley, John (2006) [2004]. British Armour in the Normandy Campaign 1944. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis. ISBN . OCLC 154699922.
Clark, Lloyd (2004). Operation Epsom. Battle Zone Normandy. The History Press Ltd. ISBN .
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[3] Not including the 79. Zırhlı Tümen, which never acted as a single formation. The 3 divisions are as follows: Guards Armoured Division, 7th Armoured Division and the 11th Armoured Division.

[5] The following divisions all played a role in the battle for the city of Caen: 3rd Infantry Division, 6th Airborne Division, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, 59th(Staffordshire) Infantry Division, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division and the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.

[8] The 4th, 8th, 27th, 33rd Armoured Brigade and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade

[9] The 6th Guards Tank Brigade, 31st and 34th Tank Brigades

[11] The following infantry divisions took part in the battle for Caen, although not all of them at the same time: 16th Luftwaffe Field Division, 272nd Infantry Division, 276th Infantry Division, 277th Infantry Division, 346th Infantry Division, 711th Infantry Division and the 716th Infantry Division.

[14] Total casualties, all arms, all ranks. Casualty figure is for all forces within 21st Army Group, including those fighting outside of the Battle for Caen for example Operation Bluecoat, from 6 June until 7 August. The casualty source excludes Machine Gun, Motor, Air Landing, Paratrooper and Glider Pilot personnel.

[15] "It is safe to say that at least 550 of the 750 tanks destroyed in Normandy by this date [the end of July] met their fate on the Caen front."

[1] Buckley, p. 13

[2] Trew, p. 55

[4] Clark, p. 14, 35; Ellis, p. 79; Jackson, p. 54; Trew, p. 54

[Fortin1-6] Fortin, pp. 44, 52, 58, 64, 69, 74

[7] Buckley, p. 19

[10] Ellis, pp. 288 (map), 334, 378 (map), 350 (map); Jackson, pp. 60–61; Wilmot, p. 204 (map)

[Pg363-12] Wilmot, P. 363

[Hart47-13] Hart, p. 47

[16] . 1 Mayıs 2005 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 29 Eylül 2009.