battle, interwar and Second World War
Bombardment of Cherbourg
Bombardment of Cherbourg was a battle fought in 1944 at Cherbourg-Octeville, in what is now France. The recorded result: Allied victory.
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Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Cherbourg-Octeville, France 49.650N, 1.630W | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 3 battleships; 2 heavy cruisers; 2 light cruisers; 11 destroyers; 3 minesweeper squadrons | 20 casemated batteries; Battery Hamburg; German "fortress" status; elements of 4 divisions |
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Nearest engagements
- Raid on Cherbourg 1758, 0.9 km S
- Battle of Cherbourg 1944, 1.3 km S
- Action at Cherbourg 1692, 2.3 km S
- Battle of Cherbourg 1864, 12 km N
- Action of 24 March 1811 1811, 26 km E
Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1692 and 1944.
Elsewhere in 1944
- Normandy landings France
- Battle of the Bulge France
- Operation Overlord France
- 20 July plot Poland
- Operation Bagration Belarus
Bombardment of Cherbourg 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 Q4940502, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bombardment of Cherbourg, revision 1370605054, 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.