Bradford Timeline:
1 June 1944 - Town after town falls into our hands
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2 June 1944 - Wedges in enemy defences
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3 June 1944 - Kesselring's left wing snaps - Alban Hill breach as 5th take Valmontone
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4 June 1944 - Way to Rome wide open - City may fall any hour
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5 June 1944 - Allies occupy most of Rome - Kesselring's 'Open City' plea
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6 June 1944 - Allies land in France
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6 June 1944 - Fifth pouring over Tiber, eacing North
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7 June 1944 - Allied tanks drive inland - Sea and Air armadas surprised the enemy
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8 June 1944 - Invaders capture first town - Massed landings by air cut enemy lines
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9 June 1944 - Allied tank advance of six miles after breakthrough
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10 June 1944 - Allies cut road and railway - Tank battle for Caen
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11 June 1944 - #Monty' there - decisive clash with Nazi armour imminenet
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12 June 1944 - Hand to hand fight in Carentan - Surrender uktimatum
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13 June 1944 - Rommel's tanks driven back by British in Caen battle
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14 June 1944 - Rincers menacing Caen - Tanks drive wedge in Rommel Line
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15 June 1944 - Rommel counter-attacks all day llong against the beachhead
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16 June 1944 - Only 4 more miles to Cherbourg
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17 June 1944 - Cherbourg's last railway cut
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18 June 1944 - Only a few miles now to seal fate of Cherbourg
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19 June 1944 - 25,000 Germans trapped in peninsula
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20 June 1944 - Generak retreat to Cherbourg - US guns shell port
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21 June 1944 - First Cherbourg defence line cut - 3.5 miles to go
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22 June 1944 - Vilent street battles in suburbs of Cherbourg - US troops are storming forts
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23 June 1944 - Americans advance, beat off counter-attack
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24 June 1944 - Dough boys drive two mile wefge into Cherbourg defenses
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25 June 1944 - Our supplies will pour into Cherbourg soom
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26 June 1944 - Berlin says 'Cherbourg lost, Americans in possession'
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27 June 1944 - Tanks reach Cherbourg docks - Battles in streets - British advance 7 miles
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28 June 1944 - Monty launches big push - 'All going well'
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29 June 1944 - Montgomery pincers closing round Caen
