campaign, interwar and Second World War
Cadillac operation
Cadillac operation was a campaign fought in 1944 at Vercors Massif, in what is now France. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Vercors Massif. It was part of Maquis du Vercors. The recorded result: German victory. Recorded strength: 8,000–10,000; 67 combat aircraft; (36 aircraft operational); 500 Milice Franc-Gardes against 4,000 Maquisards.
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Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Vercors Massif, France 44.967N, 5.417E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 8,000–10,000; 67 combat aircraft; (36 aircraft operational); 500 Milice Franc-Gardes | 4,000 Maquisards |
| Casualties and losses | 65 killed; 133 wounded; 18 missing | 639 maquisards killed; 201 civilians killed; 500 houses destroyed |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Vézeronce AD 524, 41 km N
- Battle of Loriol 1815, 52 km SW
- Battle of Mons Seleucus AD 353, 62 km SE
- Siege of Privas 1629, 69 km W
- Battle of Montélimar 1815, 69 km SW
Elsewhere in 1944
- Normandy landings France
- Battle of the Bulge France
- Operation Overlord France
- 20 July plot Poland
- Operation Bagration Belarus
Cadillac operation is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16668173, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Cadillac operation, revision 1382606581, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.