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The Americans suffer heavy losses in the beginning of July 1944 in Normandy. Nearly 40,000 men are out of combat in a week in Saint-Lô area. Criticisms appear in the Allied High Command about "the ineffectivity" of General Montgomery in Caen sector. Nethertheless, Montgomery carries on with his strategy. On 10 July, he submits to General Bradley a plan coded Goodwood and obtains a maximum support of artillery, aviation and navy. On 18 July, the German front line is pulverized under a “carpet bombing”; the British tanks spring into action. After two days of fighting and a few kilometers progression, the offensive enlises and stops in Bourguébus facing the 21st Panzer division tanks. Banneville-la-Campagne falls in the British hands.

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