CHRONOLOGY

June 6	D-Day invasion of Normandy.
June 23	Red Army stages Operation Bagration offensive.
June 24–30	Port of Cherbourg captured by VII Corps, First US Army.
June 29	Panzergruppe West starts a doomed counter-offensive against British forces near Caen.
July 3	Start of Battle of the Hedgerows by Middleton’s VIII Corps.
July 4	Start of the Battle of the Hedgerows by Collins’ VII Corps.
July 7	Start of the Battle of the Hedgerows by Corlett’s XIX Corps.
July 7	30th Division secures bridgehead over the Vire River.
July 11	Panzer-Lehr-Division begins counter-attack of the Vire River bridgehead.
July 15	Start of final attacks on St Lô.
July 18	US forces enter St Lô.
July 19	St Lô cleared of German stragglers.