June 1944

Western Front

In the US 1st Army's VII Corps area, the 9th Division--using the 47th Infantry on the right, the 60th in the center, and the 4th Cavalry Group on the left--attacks to clear Cap de la Hague and comes to a halt before the enemy line through Gruchy, Gréville, and the crossroads southeast of Beaumont-Hague. The forts in Cherbourg harbor surrender.

In the VIII Corps area, the 101st Airborne Division is detached from the corps and starts from St Sauveur-le-Vicomte to Cherbourg.

In the XIX Corps area, the first elements of the 3rd Armored Division enter combat as CCA begins a limited action to reduce the Villiers-Fossard salient in the 29th Division's line northeast of St Lô in preparation for renewing the drive on St Lô.

In the British 2nd Army area, the VIII Corps, as it continues the action to expand the Odon bridgehead and the corridor leading to it, undergoes determined counterattacks by German armor against its western flank, which temporarily gains some ground but leaves the attackers exhausted. In view of the strong concentration of enemy armor in front of the VIII Corps, it is decided to break off the offensive and consolidate its present positions.