The Battle for Caen

8th July 1944: Graphic accounts of the nature of the infantry fighting - and of the many casualties

A Handley Page Halifax of No. 4 Group flies over the suburbs of Caen, France, during a major daylight raid to assist the Normandy land battle during Operation CHARNWOOD. 467 aircraft took part in the attack, which was originally intended to have bombed German strongpoints north of Caen. However, because Allied troops were near the original targets, the …