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This week in the War, 26 June–2 July 1944: Liberation of Cherbourg

After fighting its way along Normandy’s Cotentin peninsular, this week in the war, on 26 June 1944, troops of the 9th Division of the American VII Corps arrived at the edge of the Cherbourg dockyard. Cherbourg had one of the … Continue reading

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