Operation Charnwood; taking of Caen 6 weeks after D-day by the British and Canadian troops.

Operation Charnwood was the third attempt to take German occupied Caen. Three allied divisions came up against the 12th SS and the 16th Luftwaffe. After an evening bombing raid on the 7th July the attack started at dawn on the 8th and continued on the 9th. Would be followed by Operation Goodwood. Much of the population that remained, sheltered in the abbey aux hommes. Caen was destroyed by 80%. books on Charnwood Amazon affiliate links Battle zone Battle for Caen - Simon Trew US https://amzn.to/3nMKDv4 CA https://amzn.to/3iRYgVP UK https://amzn.to/2GT6YWG FR https://amzn.to/2SPs6zH Six armies in Normandy - John Keegan US https://amzn.to/33CCboN CA https://amzn.to/3kq2w08 GB https://amzn.to/3iFKg2t FR https://amzn.to/3hNhITu More merch and books on d-day https://www.normandy-tour-guide.com/g...    / @walkingdday   subscribe    / @walkingdday   Walking D -Day playlist    • Walking D-day   In these videos we will visit D-day sites as if I was guiding you. We will actualy visit in a way not possible if you were with me. video allows teletranporting a few miles in a few seconds. This first video sets the scene for D-day. Why it was on the 6th June 1944 and why was it on the normandy beaches between Caen and the Cherbourg penisnsula. My Patreon   / walkingdday   Facebook   / colinmcgarrytourguide   Twitter https://twitter.com/DdayWalking?lang=en Linkdin   / colin-mcgarry-b0608b110   Web Site https://www.normandy-tour-guide.com List of planned and visited sites Why D-Day Pegasus bridge Omaha beach 1 Omaha beach 2 Sword beach American airborne 1 American airborne 2 Juno beach Pointe du Hoc Utah beach Gold beach British airborne Waverly Wray Band of Brothers La Fierre 101st Airborne Port en Bessin Michael Wittman - Villers Bocage - Gaumesnil The Mahlmann line Operation Epsom Merville gun battery The Dives bridges General Falley Longues gun battery Arromanches and the Mulberries Port en bessin 82nd airborne Donald Burgett Totalise Worthington Force Falaise pocket Taking St Lo Operation Cobra Graignes massacre Joe Beryle Ed Shames Angoville au plain Battle of Bloody gulch Taking Cherbourg Maisy gun battery. Abbey d'Ardenne and the Canadian 7th June advance Hillman Douvre radar station Operation Charnwood OPeration Goodwood Operation Jupiter Photo credits US national archives Bundes archives Archives ecpad Tags Operation Charnwood, OPeration Goodwood, Caen, General Montgomery, 3rd British division, 3rd Canadian division, 12th SS panzer division, 16th Luftwaffe division, General Dempsey, Storch 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - PLan 02:14 - Bombing 05:30 - German defenses 06:25 - 3rd Brit Lebisy 07:40 - 59th Cambe en PLaine 11:42 - 3rd Can Villons les Buissons 16:38 - POint 64 19:30 - 9th July Into Caen 21:15 - Population 23:50 - Rebuilding