- Source: Villers-Bocage, Calvados
Villers-Bocage (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ bɔkaʒ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in Northern France.
History
= Second World War
=The Battle of Villers-Bocage was a significant battle between British and German forces on 13 June 1944 during the Battle of Normandy.
Further fighting occurred two weeks later during Operation Epsom, during which the village was destroyed by 250 RAF heavy bombers.
Population
International relations
The commune is twinned with:
Bampton, Devon, UK since 1974
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
External links
Website of the office of tourism (in French)
Information about Villers-Bocage
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Komune di departemen Calvados (M-Z)
- Komune di departemen Calvados (A-L)
- Calvados
- Daftar komune di Calvados
- Cuverville, Calvados
- Arondisemen Vire
- Arondisemen Caen
- Asnières-en-Bessin
- Arondisemen Lisieux
- Arondisemen Bayeux
- Villers-Bocage, Calvados
- Villers-Bocage
- Canton of Villers-Bocage, Calvados
- Canton of Villers-Bocage
- Villers
- Tracy-Bocage
- Villy-Bocage
- Bocage (disambiguation)
- Préaux-Bocage
- Bombing of France during World War II
