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Second Battle of the Odon

Second Battle of the Odon was a battle fought on 15 July 1944 at Normandy, in what is now France; it lasted 2 days. It was part of Operation Overlord. The recorded result: Indecisive. Recorded strength: 6 infantry divisions; 5 tank/armoured brigades against 4 infantry divisions; 3 Panzer divisions; 1 heavy tank battalion.

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Fought15 July 1944lasted 2 days
WhereNormandy, France49.080N, 0.471W
OutcomeIndecisive
BelligerentsUnited KingdomagainstGermany
Casualties and losses3,000–3,500andabout 2,000
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, 194419441944Second Battle of the Odon, 1944
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Record

Date15 July 1944
to 17 July 1944
PlaceNormandy, France
49.080N, 0.471W
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength6 infantry divisions; 5 tank/armoured brigades4 infantry divisions; 3 Panzer divisions; 1 heavy tank battalion
Casualties and losses3,000–3,500about 2,000
Commanders
  • Heinrich Eberbach
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Second Battle of the Odon 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 Q7443128, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of the Odon, revision 1370736838, 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.