Operation Astonia
Operation Astonia was the codename for an Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France, during the Second World War. The city had been declared a Festung (fortress) by Hitler, to be held to the last man. Fought from 10 to 12 September 1944, the Allied objective was to secure the harbour facilities intact, to deliver supplies to the Allied armies in Continental Europe. The Allies refused to let the civilian population be evacuated, despite offers of free passage by the fortress commander.
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191st (Hertfordshire and Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery1st Middlesex Engineers226th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)34th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)557th Moonlight Battery, Royal Artillery86th (Honourable Artillery Company) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal ArtilleryHermann-Eberhard WildermuthI Corps Troops, Royal Engineers
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Operation Astonia
Operation Astonia was the codename for an Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France, during the Second World War. The city had been declared a Festung (fortress) by Hitler, to be held to the last man. Fought from 10 to 12 September 1944, the Allied objective was to secure the harbour facilities intact, to deliver supplies to the Allied armies in Continental Europe. The Allies refused to let the civilian population be evacuated, despite offers of free passage by the fortress commander.
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Operacja Astonia (znana równie ...... towe przed przyszłymi atakami.
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Operation Astonia was the code ...... it was re-opened on 9 October.
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Operazione Astonia fu il nome ...... fino a metà ottobre del 1944.
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Opération Astonia blockhaus du ...... jours après le premier assaut.
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アストニア作戦（英：Operation Astonia）は第 ...... 要塞を陥落させたことが「協同作戦行動のモデルだった」とした。
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40 armoured vehicles
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1944-09-12
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Allied victory
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* battalion, Security Regiment 5
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*1st Armoured Carrier Regiment
*226th Infantry Division
*245th Infantry Division
*49th Infantry Division
*51st Infantry Division
*79th Armoured Division
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Evelyn Barker
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Harry Crerar
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Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth
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Tom Rennie
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Operation Astonia
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Western Front in the Second World War
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Le Havre, Normandy, France
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Allied victory
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Fortress cadre unit:
* 226th I ......
* marines and naval personnel
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I Corps
* 49th Infantry Divis ...... 1st Armoured Carrier Regiment
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Operacja Astonia (znana równie ...... h. Atak lądowy został przeprow
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Operation Astonia was the code ...... age by the fortress commander.
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Operazione Astonia fu il nome ...... l porto cadde in mani alleate.
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Opération Astonia blockhaus du ...... u Crucifix
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アストニア作戦（英：Operation Astonia）は第 ...... 要塞を陥落させたことが「協同作戦行動のモデルだった」とした。
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Operacja Astonia
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Operation Astonia
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Operazione Astonia
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Opération Astonia
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アストニア作戦
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