Editing Caen (section)

===World War II===
{{Main|Battle for Caen}}
[[File:Canadian bulldozer in Caen.jpg|thumb|A [[Canadian Army]] bulldozer in Caen, 1944. The towers of the [[Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen|Abbaye aux Hommes]] are behind.]]

During [[World War II]], Caen was captured by [[Nazi Germany|German]] forces during the [[Battle of France]] in 1940 and placed under [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|military occupation]]. In 1944, [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces launched [[Operation Overlord]], invading German-occupied France and rapidly advancing through [[Normandy]]. From 6 June to 6 August 1944, the British [[Second Army (United Kingdom)|Second Army]] fought the [[battle of Caen]] to dislodge German forces from the city. During the battle, Allied bombing raids heavily damaged the city and caused numerous French civilian casualties. After the battle, little of prewar Caen remained, and reconstruction efforts in the city continued until 1962.<ref>{{cite book |last=Badsey |first=Stephen |title=Normandy 1944 Allied Landings and Breakout |publisher=Osprey |location=London |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-85045-921-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Badsey |first=S. |chapter=Chapter 4: Culture, Controversy, Caen and Cherbourg: The First Week of the Battle |pages=[https://archive.org/details/normandycampaign00buck_143/page/n60 48]–63 |editor-last=Buckley |editor-first=John |editor-link=John Buckley (historian) |title=The Normandy Campaign 1944: Sixty Years On |url=https://archive.org/details/normandycampaign00buck_143 |url-access=limited |year=2006 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-1-134-20304-8 }}</ref>