Battle of Cherbourg

For other uses, see Battle of Cherbourg (disambiguation).
Battle of Cherbourg
Part of the Normandy Campaign, World War II

Cotentin Peninsula and port of Cherbourg, 1944
Date6 June – 1 July 1944 (Cotentin Peninsula)
22–27 June 1944 (Cherbourg)
Location
Normandy, France
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United States
 United Kingdom		  Germany
Commanders and leaders
United States J. Lawton Collins
United States Matthew Ridgway		 Nazi Germany Friedrich Dollmann
Nazi Germany Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben
Strength
Unknown 40,000
Casualties and losses
2,800 killed in action
5,700 missing
13,500 wounded
Total:
22,000		 7,000 killed
30,000 captured
Total:
37,000–38,000+

The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. It was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on 6 June 1944. Allied troops, mainly American, isolated and captured the fortified port, which was considered vital to the campaign in Western Europe, in a hard-fought, month-long campaign.