World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Cherbourg" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bombardment of Cherbourg">bombard Cherbourg</a> to support <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> units engaged in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Cherbourg">Battle of Cherbourg</a>.