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Battle of Cherbourg
The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II, it was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on June 6, 1944. American troops isolated and then captured the fortified port, considered vital to the campaign in Western Europe, in a hard-fought campaign of three weeks.
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