Operation Cobra
Operation Cobra was the code-name for an offensive launched by the First United States Army seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II. American Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and immediately punch through the German defenses that were penning in his troops while the Germans were distracted and unbalanced.
Normans Role In Operation Cobra
Operation Cobra took place July 25-31st 1944 and was an offensive launched to free troops pinned by German defenses. Norman's death took place while he was involved in Operation Cobra. Norman died on July 29, 1944. Norman was alive for most of the operation, though it is unknown how or where he died. What he did in operation Cobra was his duties as being a soldier in the 92nd Signal Battalion which dealt with providing and maintaining communications for the command and control of armed forces during the operation.
The After Math
The U.S. advance following Cobra was extraordinarily rapid. Between August 1 and August 4, seven divisions of Patton's Third Army had swept through Avranches and over the bridge at Pontaubault into Brittany. The German army in Normandy had been reduced to such a poor state by the Allied offensives that, with no prospect of reinforcement in the wake of the Soviet summer offensive against Army Group Centre, very few Germans believed they could now avoid defeat.