Aerial view of Vire after the heavy fighting in the area

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The city was first bombed on the 6th and 7th of June to cut the road junction and then shelled from August the 2nd along with demolitions by elements of the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich". Upon its capture on August the 8th 85% of the buildings were destroyed and 341 of its citizens killed.