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Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy campaign of World War II.
- 25-31 July 1944
- Allied victory [1] [2]
Operation Cobra was Bradley’s third attempt to escape from the constricted neck of the Cotentin Peninsula. The first attempt, begun on July 3, had been checked by the hard fighting of the enemy’s infantry along the floodline of the Douvre River.
Jul 31, 2019 · Operation Cobra aimed to smash the German line and enable an Allied breakout from Normandy. Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and one of the key turning-points in the history of the Second World War.
Nov 2, 2018 · Operation Cobra was conducted from July 25 to 31, 1944, during World War II (1939-1945). After the Allied landings in Normandy, commanders began to formulate a plan to push out from the beachhead. Initial efforts were hampered by the need to take the city of Caen in the east and the dense hedgerow country in the west.
Jul 22, 2010 · That decisive blow, known as COBRA, was largely planned by the U.S. First Army commander. Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley flew from France to England to plead for a massive assault by heavy...
Mar 3, 2017 · On July 25, Operation Cobra began. 3,000 American bombers flew over the German lines near St-Lô. Between them, they dropped 4,000 tons of napalm, high-explosives and fragmentation bombs. A five-mile stretch of German lines was devastated.
Jul 18, 2020 · History of allied military operations in Normandy in 1944. Operation Cobra (1/2) 25-30 July 1944. Map of operation Cobra. Origins of operation Cobra. A month and a half after D-Day, most of the German reinforcements in Normandy were directed towards the city of Caen.
