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![A Cromwell tank wrecked at Villers-Bocage](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-738-0276-25A%2C_Villers-Bocage%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_Cromwell-Panzer.jpg/176px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-738-0276-25A%2C_Villers-Bocage%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_Cromwell-Panzer.jpg)
The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place in Normandy, France, on 13 June 1944 during World War II. Following the D-Day landings on 6 June, the Germans established defences in front of Caen. The British attacked to attempt to exploit a gap in the German defences west of the city. They reached Villers-Bocage without incident in the morning but were ambushed by Tiger I tanks as they left the town and numerous tanks, anti-tank guns and transport vehicles were destroyed. The Germans then attacked the town but were repulsed. The British withdrew west of Villers-Bocage that evening and repulsed another attack the next day. The British conduct in the battle was controversial because their withdrawal marked the end of the post–D-Day "scramble for ground" and the start of an attritional battle for Caen. Some historians wrote that the British attack was a failure caused by a lack of conviction among some senior commanders; others judged the British force to be insufficiently strong for the task. (Full article...)
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