Tilly-la-Campagne area

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The Tilly-la-Campagne area is a locality in Normandy, France, notable for being a focal point of intense fighting during the 1944 Allied offensive following the D-Day landings.

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Tilly-la-Campagne area canonical 1

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battlefield ⓘ
locality ⓘ
associatedOperation Allied offensive south of Caen ⓘ
linked to: Battle for Caen
associatedWithEvent post D-Day ground operations in Normandy ⓘ
conflict Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country France ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of heavy casualties during the Normandy campaign ⓘ
involvedBelligerent Allied forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Calvados department ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
locatedNear Caen ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
nearbyLocality Tilly-la-Campagne ⓘ
notableFor combat following the D-Day landings ⓘ
intense fighting during the 1944 Allied offensive in Normandy ⓘ
partOf northwestern France ⓘ
partOfMilitaryTheater Western Front of World War II ⓘ
regionType rural area ⓘ
relatedTo Allied advance toward Falaise ⓘ
D-Day landings in Normandy ⓘ
linked to: Operation Overlord
strategicRole focal point in attempts to break German defensive lines south of Caen ⓘ
timePeriod July 1944 ⓘ
June 1944 ⓘ

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Operation Spring → battlefield → Tilly-la-Campagne area ⓘ