Operation Perch

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World War II battle military operation

Operation Perch was a British offensive during the Normandy campaign in June 1944 aimed at capturing Caen from German forces shortly after D-Day.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Perch canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aimedAt German forces defending Caen ⓘ
alsoKnownAs yellow perch ⓘ
surface form: Perch
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Miles Dempsey ⓘ
conductedBy British Second Army ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country France ⓘ
date June 1944 ⓘ
endDate 1944-06-14 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Epsom ⓘ
follows Operation Neptune ⓘ
involvesUnit 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend ⓘ
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

51st (Highland) Infantry Division ⓘ
British 7th Armoured Division ⓘ
surface form: 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

British Second Army ⓘ
I Corps (British Army) ⓘ
surface form: I Corps (United Kingdom)

Panzer-Lehr-Division ⓘ
British XXX Corps ⓘ
surface form: XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
location Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Caen region

France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Villers-Bocage ⓘ
actions near Bayeux ⓘ
fighting around Tilly-sur-Seulles ⓘ
objective break out from Normandy beachhead ⓘ
capture Caen ⓘ
outflank German defenses west and south of Caen ⓘ
opposedBy German Army ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Panzer divisions ⓘ
opposingCommander Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Heinz Guderian ⓘ
Sepp Dietrich ⓘ
partOf Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign
precededBy D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day landings
result Allied strategic advantage maintained ⓘ
German tactical defensive success ⓘ
inconclusive ⓘ
startDate 1944-06-07 ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ

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Battle for Caen → includesOperation → Operation Perch ⓘ
Operation Epsom → precededBy → Operation Perch ⓘ