Western FrontUS 1st Army's Field Order No. 1, as amended, prescribes a general offensive to be opened on 3 July by the VIII Corps on the western flank of the army and extended progressively eastward by the other corps upon order. In the VII Corps area, organized resistance on the Cherbourg Peninsula ceases as the 9th Division pushes to the tip of Cap de la Hague. The V Corps improves its positions slightly in a limited attack by elements of the 38th Infantry, 2nd Division. The British 2nd Army repels determined counterattacks against its salient between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen. The XXX and VIII Corps, supported by massed artillery concentrations, throws the enemy back and inflicts heavy casualties upon the enemy's armor. |
| [ June 30th - July 2nd] |