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TIL in ww2, Operation Cobra was the concentrated aerial bombardment of German positions in Normanby by 1000s of Allied aircraft. Unfortunately, the bombs also killed 111 allied troops, and wounded 490. But it did lead to the loss of the German position in northwestern France.

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