Battle for Caen 1944 Part 1

The Battle for Caen from June to August 1944 was a battle between Allied (primarily British and Canadian troops) and German forces during the Battle of Normandy.

Originally the Allies aimed to take the French city of Caen, one of the largest cities in Normandy on D-Day. Caen was a vital objective for several reasons. First, it lay astride the Orne River and Caen Canal; these two water obstacles could strengthen a German defensive position if not crossed. Second, Caen was a road hub; in German hands it would enable the enemy to shift forces rapidly. Third, the area around Caen was relatively open, especially compared to the bocage country in the west of Normandy. This area was valued for airfield construction.

On D-Day, Caen was an objective for the British 3rd Infantry Division and remained the focal point for a series of battles throughout June, July and into August.

The old city of Caen, with many buildings dating back to the Middle Ages, was largely destroyed by Allied bombing and the fighting. The reconstruction of Caen lasted until 1962. Today, little of the pre-war city remains.

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[kowanut]

Why, oh why do these people use a 1960's Canadian flag for a 1940's Canadian army. It should be the Red Ensign.

[spottydog4477]

First Class  - thank you!

[PortugalDGB]

Eisenhower looks like a retard, but still the Allies choose him as the supreme commander. Why Eisenhower? George Patton and Montgomery were far better commanders. In the eyes of the German High Command, George Patton was called the best commander the Allies had. :D

[Samseal16]

Its pretty funny that hordes of british and canadian troops took a month to capture Caen, considering it was defended by teenaged boys of the 12th SS hitlerjudgend.

[silver760]

@silver760 Places like Austria,Luxembourg,Czechoslova­kia,the Ukraine and many many more.

[silver760]

We always hear about the allies landing at Normandy fighting towards Belgium and Paris,the onto the low lands from Belgium to Holand then into Germany.We hear little if nothing about the area the Russians invaded,we hear the odd bit about Italy and not forgetting the "Battle of the Bulge" in the Ardennes.The south of France towards the end of the war saw allot of fighting too.The Germans had allot of industry supplying them in countries they invaded that we hear nothing about,were they bombed?

[ThePimpycat]

The narrator calls the town of Caen "Con" Which means like idoit in freench lol

[CptCann]

Why do these guys use a modern Europe Map in stead of a 1940's one?

[iknowmy3table]

it's very strange, I don't know why but the narration was all messed up for me and very quite, but when I adjusted my speakers to either left or right speaker only it fixed the problem, it'll like the left and right audio are slightly out of sync in a way were the signal sorta cancels out, anyways maybe you should put up an annotation to help others if they have the same problem

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@SnakeTheFox I know what your saying and i agree, the video could be fixed just a little bit.

[SnakeTheFox]

@TheIcelandicPatriot I'm not talking about your spelling errors, I'm talking about your comprehension of what I am saying. Which oddly is case in point here.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

SnakeTheFox No offence but when people complain to me aboud my spelling error i think it is just sad. Is my english really that bad that you can't understand it? If a person from Asia speaks very bad icelandic or english i can normally understand that person and i usually don't take my time to complain aboud it and for the record im learning german, french and english at the same time so give me a break. It's not easy trying to speak 4 languages at the same time but you are right aboud the video