[b]The Battle for Caen[/b] (June to August 1944) is the name given to fighting between the [[united_kingdom|British]] Second Army and the [[germany|German]] Panzergruppe West in [[World War II]] for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity during the larger [[invasion_of_normandy|Battle of Normandy]] in occupied [[France]]. 

The battles followed [b]Operation Neptune[/b], the Allied landings on the French coast on 6 June 1944 ([[D-Day]]) and ended with a decisive and costly Allied [[victory]]. However, the city of Caen ended up completely destroyed with several French civilian casualties as a consequence.
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