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Battle of Bréville

Battle of Bréville was a battle fought on 13 June 1944 at Bréville-les-Monts, in what is now France. It was part of Operation Overlord. The recorded result: British Victory.

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D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Commandos of No. 4 Commando, 1st Special Service Brigade, and troops of 6th Airborne Division in Bénouville after the link-up between
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Commandos of No. 4 Commando, 1st Special Service Brigade, and troops of 6th Airborne Division in Bénouville after the link-up between. No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Evans, J L (Capt), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought13 June 1944
WhereBréville-les-Monts, France49.240N, 0.226E
OutcomeBritish Victory
BelligerentsUnited KingdomagainstNazi Germany
Casualties and losses162 Dead ^andOver 400 confirmed dead
Part ofOperation Overlord1944

Where it sits in Operation Overlord

Battle for Caen, 1944Battle of Cherbourg, 1944Battle of Carentan, 1944Battle of Bréville, 1944Battle of Bloody Gulch, 1944Battle of La Haye-du-Puits, 1944Second Battle of the Odon, 1944Battle for Brest, 1944Falaise Pocket, 1944Liberation of Paris, 194419441944Battle of Bréville, 1944
10 placed engagements of Operation Overlord in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date13 June 1944
PlaceBréville-les-Monts, France
49.240N, 0.226E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Casualties and losses162 Dead ^Over 400 confirmed dead
Commanders
  • Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
  • Erich Diestel
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Battle of Bréville is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870580, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bréville, revision 1378086505, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.