history · 15 June 1944 · 80 years ago
RAF bombers struck Boulogne and Le Havre, France. Meanwhile, US VIII Corps (Major General Troy Middleton) became operational with the 90th Infantry Division and both US Airborne Divisions under its command, and was tasked with protecting the rear of the imminent attack to capture Cherbourg.
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