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Wreckage from the Battle of Villers-Bocage
Wreckage from the Battle of Villers-Bocage

The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place on 13 June 1944 during World War II. Following the D-Day landings on 6 June, the Germans established defences in front of Caen. The British attacked in an attempt to exploit a gap in the German defences west of the city. They reached Villers-Bocage without incident in the morning but were ambushed by Tiger I tanks as they left the town and numerous tanks, anti-tank guns and transport vehicles were destroyed. The Germans then attacked the town but were repulsed. The British withdrew west of Villers-Bocage that evening and repulsed another attack the next day. The British conduct in the battle was controversial because their withdrawal marked the end of the post–D-Day "scramble for ground" and the start of an attritional battle for Caen. Some historians wrote that the British attack was a failure caused by a lack of conviction among some senior commanders; others judged the British force to be insufficiently strong for the task. (Full article...)

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If someone can confirm that today is indeed Shavuot, please add it to the MainPage. Thanks. -- 64.229.206.40 12:55, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Pioneer 10 has not left the solar system, the first craft to do this will probably be Voyager 1. Pioneer 10 was the first craft to go beyond the orbit of Neptune (and Pluto). Some scientists content that this is the definition of leaving the solar system, but most agree that it will need to pass through the heliopause first. Zerbey 15:21, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) -- Copied and Pasted here, 14:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

US slant

The selected anniversaries for this day have a strong US-centric slant. Alan Liefting 09:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, there are not enough good, well-written articles on other topics that qualify under the criteria. See also Wikipedia:Main Page FAQ#I think that the articles listed on the Main Page are awful. Isn't the Main Page biased towards certain topics? What can be done about it?. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 22:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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2013 notes

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Addendum: Catalina affair no longer eligible; replaced with Katharina von Bora (6th appearance, last in 2011) —howcheng {chat} 02:17, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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2015 notes

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2016 notes

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2017 notes

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2018 notes

Oops, I forgot to change the births/deaths. —howcheng {chat} 17:28, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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2020 notes

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2021 notes

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2022 notes

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