Action End Date 1944-06-30 12:00 Wiki A link to a wiki entry about this item. https://www.cupidoeu.org/wiki/index.php/Odon_Action Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Odon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-06-26 12:00 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 365 Type The nature or genre of the resource Action Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,49.135188185553666,-0.4932048797607491; Date Created Date of creation of the resource. July 1944 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived actions Description An account of the resource The Odon is a small river in France to the south-west of Caen. In July 1944 the Odon became the focus of British efforts to resist three German armoured divisions. The British forces experienced heavy casualties, but successfully prevented German tanks from moving north and threatening Allied gains on the Normandy coast. The Gordon Highlanders were in action near the town of Évrecy where they destroyed a number of German tanks. Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT