June 1944

Western Front

In the US 1st Army's VII Corps area, the 4th Division makes significant progress at some points as it continues to drive on Cherbourg. On the right flank, the 22nd Infantry forces the German garrison of the Azeville fortifications to surrender and organizes TF Barber to drive on Quinéville through the Azeville gap. The 12th Infantry moves quickly northward from Edmondeville, reducing a strongpoint at Joganville. During hard and costly fighting, the 8th Infantry overruns German positions at Magneville and drives to Ecausseville, from which the enemy withdraws after nightfall. The 505th Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, reinforced by a battalion of the 327th Glider Infantry, followed by the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry, crosses the Merderet and secures a bridgehead of sufficient depth to include all units that had been isolated west of the Merderet.

The 101st Airborne prepares for a 2-pronged attack on Carentan via the causeway and Brévands, but its jump-off is delayed awaiting bridge repairs.

The V Corps attacks south toward Fôret de Cerisy on a 3-division front, committing the 2nd Division in a narrow zone between the 29th and the 1st. From Isigny, the main body of the 175th Infantry, 29th Division, attacks south toward its objectives, reaching La Fotelaie, while Company K, reinforced by the Reconnaissance Troup and tanks, forces a crossing of the Vire River at Auville-sur-le-Vay. The 115th Infantry crosses the Aure south of Canchy and fans out to Bricqueville, La Folie, and Le Carrefour. In the center of the V Corps, the 2nd Division's 38th Infantry pushes in to Trévières and begins clearing it while the 9th, to the east, moves to Rubercy. The 1st Division, attacking with the 18th Infantry on the right and the 26th on the left, reaches its left flank objectives, Agy and Dodigny. The 2nd Armored Division begins coming ashore.

The British 2nd Army is pushing forward toward Tilly-sur-Seulles in the XXX Corps zone and Caen in the I Corps zone against strong opposition.