Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army eight weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II. American Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and punch through the German defenses penning in his troops while his opponent was distracted and unbalanced.
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- Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army eight weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II. American Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and punch through the German defenses penning in his troops while his opponent was distracted and unbalanced. Once a corridor had been created, the First Army would then be able to advance into Brittany, rolling up the German flanks and freeing itself of the constraints imposed by operating in the Norman bocage countryside. After a slow start the offensive gathered momentum, and German resistance collapsed as scattered remnants of broken units fought to escape to the Seine. Lacking the resources to cope with the situation, the German response was ineffectual, and the entire Normandy front soon collapsed. Operation Cobra, together with concurrent offensives by the Second British and First Canadian Armies, was decisive in securing an Allied victory in the Normandy Campaign. Having been delayed several times by poor weather, Operation Cobra commenced on 25 July with a concentrated aerial bombardment from thousands of Allied aircraft. Supporting offensives launched by the British and Canadians had drawn the bulk of German armored reserves away from the American sector, and coupled with the general lack of men and materiel available to the Germans, it was impossible for them to form successive lines of defense. Units of VII Corps led the initial two-division assault while other First Army corps mounted supporting attacks designed to pin German units in place. Progress was slow on the first day, but opposition started to crumble once the thin defensive crust had been broken. By 27 July most organized resistance had been overcome, and VII and VIII Corps were advancing rapidly, isolating the Cotentin peninsula. By 31 July, XIX Corps had destroyed the last forces opposing the First Army, and Bradley's troops were finally freed from the bocage. Reinforcements were moved west by Marshal Günther von Kluge and employed in various counterattacks, the largest of which was launched on 7 August between Mortain and Avranches. Although this led to the bloodiest phase of the battle, it was mounted by already exhausted and understrength units and had little effect other than to further deplete von Kluge's forces. On 8 August, troops of the newly activated Third United States Army captured the city of Le Mans, formerly the German Seventh Army's headquarters. Operation Cobra transformed the high-intensity infantry combat of Normandy into rapid maneuver warfare, and led to the creation of the Falaise pocket and the loss of the German position in northwestern France.
- Die Operation Cobra war eine militärische Angriffs-Operation der alliierten Streitkräfte im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Sie dauerte vom 24. Juli bis zum 4. August 1944 und sollte den Ausbruch aus dem Normandie-Brückenkopf ermöglichen, der nach der Operation Neptune während der Operation Overlord entstanden war. Die Operation Cobra kennzeichnet den Übergang vom material- und infanterielastigen Stellungskrieg hin zum motorisierten Bewegungskrieg in Nordfrankreich. Der erfolgreiche Ausgang ermöglichte den alliierten Streitkräften raumgreifende Operationen, die letztendlich zur Bildung des Kessel von Falaise führten. Die deutsche Niederlage in der Kesselschlacht von Falaise bedingte dann den Rückzug der noch handlungsfähigen deutschen Verbände über die Seine und die anschließende Aufgabe eines Großteils von Frankreich. Mancherorts wird das Ereignis auch als Durchbruch bei Avranches bezeichnet, wobei der Durchbruch tatsächlich bei Saint-Lô stattfand. Nach der Eroberung von Avranches wurde der Wehrmachtsführung lediglich der Umfang der Operation bewusst.
- La Operación Cobra es el nombre en código de la ofensiva aliada de julio de 1944 durante la batalla de Normandía para abrir la ruta de Bretaña y atravesar las líneas defensivas alemanas. El éxito de la operación, mediante el rompimiento y posterior envolvimiento de las líneas alemanas, supuso de hecho el punto de inflexión de la ofensiva aliada en Normandía.
- L’opération Cobra est le nom de code de l'offensive américaine menée fin juillet 1944 dans le Cotentin pendant la bataille de Normandie afin de s'ouvrir la route de la Bretagne, et d'enfoncer les lignes de défense allemandes. La concentration de forces suivie d'une projection soudaine évoque l'image de la brusque détente d'un serpent cobra. La réussite de cette opération, par la percée d'Avranches puis le contournement des lignes allemandes, en fait le tournant majeur de l'offensive alliée en Normandie.
- Era il nome in codice usato dagli Alleati per indicare l'operazione di penetrazione all'interno della Normandia contro i tedeschi dopo il D-Day nel 1944.
- Operatie Cobra was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de codenaam voor de operatie waarbij de Geallieerden na de landing in Normandië een uitbraak uit hun bruggenhoofd forceerden. De operatie werd gepland door de Amerikaanse generaal Omar Bradley en was een groot succes. Het veranderde de intensieve infanteriegevechten van Normandië in een gemechaniseerde bewegingsoorlog over heel Frankrijk. Het leidde direct tot de vorming van de zak van Falaise en het verlies van Noordwest Frankrijk door Duitsland.
- A Operação Cobra é o codinome da operação planejada durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial pelo general dos Estados Unidos Omar Bradley para liberar a área da Normandia depois da invasão do Dia-D. Foi um grande sucesso que transformou a infantaria de combate da Normandia em uma altamente mecanizada disputa através da França. Isso levou diretamente para a derrota germânica no nordeste da França.
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- Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army eight weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II. American Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and punch through the German defenses penning in his troops while his opponent was distracted and unbalanced.
- Die Operation Cobra war eine militärische Angriffs-Operation der alliierten Streitkräfte im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Sie dauerte vom 24. Juli bis zum 4. August 1944 und sollte den Ausbruch aus dem Normandie-Brückenkopf ermöglichen, der nach der Operation Neptune während der Operation Overlord entstanden war. Die Operation Cobra kennzeichnet den Übergang vom material- und infanterielastigen Stellungskrieg hin zum motorisierten Bewegungskrieg in Nordfrankreich.
- La Operación Cobra es el nombre en código de la ofensiva aliada de julio de 1944 durante la batalla de Normandía para abrir la ruta de Bretaña y atravesar las líneas defensivas alemanas. El éxito de la operación, mediante el rompimiento y posterior envolvimiento de las líneas alemanas, supuso de hecho el punto de inflexión de la ofensiva aliada en Normandía.
- L’opération Cobra est le nom de code de l'offensive américaine menée fin juillet 1944 dans le Cotentin pendant la bataille de Normandie afin de s'ouvrir la route de la Bretagne, et d'enfoncer les lignes de défense allemandes. La concentration de forces suivie d'une projection soudaine évoque l'image de la brusque détente d'un serpent cobra.
- Era il nome in codice usato dagli Alleati per indicare l'operazione di penetrazione all'interno della Normandia contro i tedeschi dopo il D-Day nel 1944.
- Operatie Cobra was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de codenaam voor de operatie waarbij de Geallieerden na de landing in Normandië een uitbraak uit hun bruggenhoofd forceerden. De operatie werd gepland door de Amerikaanse generaal Omar Bradley en was een groot succes. Het veranderde de intensieve infanteriegevechten van Normandië in een gemechaniseerde bewegingsoorlog over heel Frankrijk.
- A Operação Cobra é o codinome da operação planejada durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial pelo general dos Estados Unidos Omar Bradley para liberar a área da Normandia depois da invasão do Dia-D. Foi um grande sucesso que transformou a infantaria de combate da Normandia em uma altamente mecanizada disputa através da França. Isso levou diretamente para a derrota germânica no nordeste da França.
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