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COBRA: A D-Day Bombing Blunder That Killed U S Troops
The COBRA operation in the D-Day breakout aimed to punch through around St Lo but failed due to misdirected bombing and bad weather. It cost 25, then 111 American soldiers killed with nearly 500 wounded, including Lt Gen Lesley McNair, as U S aircraft bombed friendly positions and chaos followed, captured in aftermath photos.
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United States
France
U.S
D-Day
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
Paris
Berlin
COBRA
U.S. First Army
Omar Bradley
St. Lo
Bradley
Caen
Brittany
Falaise
Europe
Fussell
Lesley McNair
England
McNair
Associated Press