Operation Cobra

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World War II military operation military offensive

Operation Cobra was a major Allied offensive launched by U.S. forces in July 1944 to break out of the Normandy beachhead and rapidly advance across German-occupied France.

Aliases (1)

Operation Cobra (exploitation phase) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military operation → military offensive →
alliedWith	Canada → Free French Forces → United Kingdom →
belligerent	Germany → United States →
commander	Courtney Hodges → J. Lawton Collins → Omar N. Bradley →
conflict	World War II →
country	France →
endDate	1944-07-31 →
executedBy	First United States Army → VII Corps (United States) → VIII Corps (United States) → XIX Corps (United States) →
followedBy	Operation Bluecoat → Operation Totalize → Operation Tractable →
front	Western Front →
location	Normandy, France → near Saint-Lô, Normandy →
notableConsequence	German withdrawal toward the Seine → liberation of large areas of western France →
notableEngagement	breakthrough south of Saint-Lô →
objective	breakout from the Normandy beachhead → enable rapid Allied advance across France → penetrate German defensive lines in Normandy →
opposedBy	German Army Group B → Wehrmacht →
opposingCommander	Günther von Kluge → Paul Hausser →
partOf	Normandy campaign → Western Front of World War II →
plannedBy	First United States Army →
precededBy	Battle of Saint-Lô → Operation Overlord →
result	collapse of German front in Normandy → contributed to encirclement of German forces in the Falaise Pocket → decisive Allied victory → facilitated Allied advance toward the Seine River → successful Allied breakout from Normandy →
startDate	1944-07-25 →
supportedBy	Royal Air Force → United States Army Air Forces →
tactic	massive aerial bombardment to open a breach in German lines →
theater	European Theater of Operations →
timePeriod	July 1944 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Goodwood → Operation Goodwood → Operation Overlord → Operation Overlord →	followedBy
Allied operations in Western Europe → Liberation of France → World War II →	hasPart
12th Army Group → Patton's Third Army ("Operation Cobra (exploitation phase)") →	engagement
2nd Armoured Division (France) → XIX Corps (United States) →	participatedIn
Retreat from Normandy →	follows
Western Front (World War II) →	notableEvent
Northwest Europe →	notableOperation
Operation Lüttich →	precededBy
Operation Bluecoat →	supportedOperation