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    Bourguébus (French pronunciation: [buʁɡeby]) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Communes of the Calvados...
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    strategic importance had vastly diminished since D-Day, he sought control of Bourguébus and the commanding high ground to the south. On 5 July the orders for...
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    south, from the Orne bridgehead, to capture the rest of Caen and the Bourguébus Ridge beyond. Goodwood was preceded by Operations Greenline and Pomegranate...
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    which was co-ordinated with the Canadian Operation Spring at Verrières (Bourguébus) ridge, south of Caen. Cobra was a great success and began the collapse...
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    armored divisions, launched the attack aiming to seize the German-held Bourguébus Ridge, along with the area between Bretteville-sur-Laize and Vimont. The...
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  • 1940–43, Capture of Naples, Volturno Crossing, Italy 1943, Villers Bocage, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pinçon, Jurques, Dives Crossing, La Vie Crossing, Lisieux...
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    Crossing, Rimini Line, Argenta Gap North-West Europe 1944-45 Odon, Caen, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pincon, Falaise, Nederrijn, Scheldt, Venlo Pocket, Rhineland...
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    Withdrawal to Escaut, Ypres-Comines Canal, Normandy Landing, Bréville, Caen, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pinçon, St. Pierre La Vielle, Geilenkirchen, Roer, Rhineland...
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    Mondrainville. It was embroiled in Operation Goodwood, where its assault on Bourguébus Ridge on the first day was brought to a halt. After Goodwood, the losses...
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    Bonneville-sur-Touques Bonnœil Bons-Tassilly Bougy Boulon Bourgeauville Bourguébus Branville Brémoy Bretteville-le-Rabet Bretteville-sur-Laize Bretteville-sur-Odon...
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    HINDENBURG LINE Canal du Nord PURSUIT TO MONS FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915–18 BOURGUÉBUS RIDGE Faubourg de Vaucelles Verrières Ridge–Tilly-la-Campagne FALAISE...
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    Macedonia 1915–18 The Second World War: Calais 1940, Villers Bocage, Odon, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pincon, Le Perier Ridge, Falaise, Antwerp, Hechtel, Nederrijn...
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    Second World War Defence of Arras, Boulogne 1940, St Omer-La Bassée, Bourguébus Ridge, Cagny, Mont Pincon, Brussels, Hechtel, Nederrijn, Rhineland, Lingen...
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  • Normandy Landing, Pegasus Bridge, Villers-Bocage, Odon, Caen, Esquay, Bourguebus Ridge, Mont Pincon, Le Perier Ridge, Falaise, Antwerp, Hechtel, Nederrijn...
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    she placed in the Top 21. Petit was born in Caen and raised in nearby Bourguébus, a small town within the Calvados department in Normandy. Her parents...
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  • Operation Epsom Goodwood (1944) — British armoured assault to capture the Bourguébus Ridge, destroy German armoured reserves and support Operation Atlantic...
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    were reduced to rubble but German artillery further to the south, on the Bourguébus Ridge, was outside the range of the British artillery and the defenders...
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  • Canal du Nord Valenciennes Sambre France and Flanders, 1916–18 Dieppe Bourguébus Ridge St. André-sur-Orne Verrières Ridge–Tilly-la-Campagne Falaise Falaise...
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  • Flanders, 1915–18 Normandy Landing‡ Le Mesnil-Patry‡ Caen‡ Carpiquet Bourguébus Ridge‡ Faubourg de Vaucelles Falaise‡ Quesnay Wood The Laison Boulogne...
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    capture Bras and Hubert-Folie on the right, Fontenay on the left, and Bourguébus Ridge in the centre. However, the attack ground to a halt in pouring rain...
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  • first objective: the villages of Bras and Hubert Folie at the base of the Bourguébus ridge. Luck had nothing to check their advance, but as he pulled back...
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    was Operation Goodwood, the attack by three armoured divisions towards Bourguebus Ridge in an attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead. That was followed...
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  • seizing territory, on the eastern flank of Caen, to the extent of the Bourguébus–Vimont–Bretteville area. If successful, the British hoped to follow this...
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    Bonneville-sur-Touques Bonnœil Bons-Tassilly Bougy Boulon Bourgeauville Bourguébus Branville Brémoy Bretteville-le-Rabet Bretteville-sur-Laize Bretteville-sur-Odon...
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    Normandy Landing, Cambes, Fontenay le Pesnil, Defence of Rauray, Caen, Orne, Bourguébus Ridge, Troarn, Nederrijn, Le Havre, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, Venraij, Venlo...
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    Bonneville-sur-Touques Bonnœil Bons-Tassilly Bougy Boulon Bourgeauville Bourguébus Branville Brémoy Bretteville-le-Rabet Bretteville-sur-Laize Bretteville-sur-Odon...
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    Flanders, 1915–'18 Normandy Landing Bretteville–l'Orgeuilleuse Caen The Orne Bourguébus Ridge Faubourg de Vaucelles Falaise The Laison The Seine, 1944 Calais...
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    Canal, Dunkirk 1940, Normandy Landing, Tilly sur Seulles, Odon, Caen, Bourguébus Ridge, Troarn, Mont Pincon, St. Pierre la Vielle, Gheel, Nederrijn, Aam...
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    quickly and the attack was held up short of Bourguébus Ridge. 8th AGRA fired an additional fireplan on Bourguébus at 16.30, and at 20.55 146th (P&C) and 107th...
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  • Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917–18, Aden. The Second World War: Bourguébus Ridge, Antwerp, Le Havre, Rhine, North-West Europe 1944–45, Knightsbridge...
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