Cherbourg in WW2 History | World War II Database

11 Oct 1940

France

Between 0333 and 0351 hours, in Operation Medium, British battleship Revenge and destroyers Javelin, Jaguar, Jupiter, Kashmir, Kelvin, and Kipling bombarded Cherbourg, France. German torpedo boats attempted to interfere, but the German boats were fought off. ww2dbase [Cherbourg, Basse-Normandie | CPC]

15 Sep 1942

France

12 British Boston bombers attacked Cherbourg, France, sinking whaling factory ship Solglint in the harbor. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | Cherbourg, Basse-Normandie | CPC]

23 May 1944

France

Torpedo boats Jaguar, Möwe, Greif, Kondor, T27, and T29 departed Cherbourg for Le Havre, France. ww2dbase [Möwe | Greif | Kondor | Jaguar | T27 | T29 | Cherbourg, Basse-Normandie | CPC]

27 Jun 1944

Photo(s) dated 27 Jun 1944

US Army Captain Earl Topley looking at a German soldier who had killed three of his men before his own death, Cherbourg, France, 27 Jun 1944

Major General Manton Eddy and another American officer speaking to a captured German officer, Cherbourg, France, 26-27 Jun 1944

17 Aug 1944

Photo(s) dated 17 Aug 1944

Ammunition dump explosion in Cherbourg harbor, France, 17 Aug 1944

20 Aug 1944

France

Charles De Gaulle landed at Cherbourg, France. Meeting Dwight Eisenhower later in the day, he convinced the Allied commander that the French capital of Paris should be a priority objective that should not be bypassed. ww2dbase [Charles de Gaulle | Cherbourg, Basse-Normandie | AC, CPC]

20 Jul 1945

France

British carrier HMS Reaper departed Cherbourg, France with a captured German Ar 234 aircraft aboard. ww2dbase [Ar 234 Blitz | Cherbourg, Basse-Normandie | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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