Buron

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A French family returns to their village, Buron, on July 18, 1944; it was devastated during the Battle of Normandy.

Buron (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a village in France about 6 kilometres north-west of Caen, in the communes of Cairon, Rosel and Saint-Contest in Calvados.

History

Buron is the site of two battles, one on June 7, 1944, and another during Operation Charnwood on July 8, 1944, when the Highland Light Infantry of Canada liberated the town from defending elements of the 12th SS Panzer Division.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Joseph Allan Snowie (1984). Bloody Buron: the Battle of Buron : Normandy, 08 July 1944. Boston Mills Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-919822-91-7.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Copp, Terry. "Clearing Buron: Army, Part 94". legionmagazine.com. Legion Magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  • 1944, The Battle of Normandy: Buron

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