(Jiashen May the tenth), June 30, 1944, the Allies completely wipe out the remnants of the German Cherbourg. In 30,


1944 the Allies completely eliminate Cherbourg residual Germans. An important naval base and commercial port in northwestern France. Pro La Manche (the English Channel) in the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula. Population, including the suburbs, 85,000 (1982). There are up to 3,700-meter breakwater. Military fortress. Manufacturing, shipbuilding, machinery, metallurgy, electronics and other industrial ship of war. The Yusen mostly in North and South America to the European continent parked. The Allied occupation
the important port of the Normandy peninsula, and to gain a strong maritime logistical supply line.