# Buron

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{{Short description|Village in Calvados, France}}
{{about|the village in Calvados|the place in Switzerland|Büron|the village in Auvergne|Yronde-et-Buron}}
[[File:Frenchciviliansburon.jpg|thumb|A French family returns to their village, Buron, on July 18, 1944; it was devastated during the [Battle of Normandy](/source/Battle_of_Normandy).]]
'''Buron''' ({{IPA|fr|byʁɔ̃}}) is a village in [France](/source/France) about 6 kilometres north-west of [Caen](/source/Caen), in the [communes](/source/Communes_of_France) of [Cairon](/source/Cairon), [Rosel](/source/Rosel%2C_Calvados) and [Saint-Contest](/source/Saint-Contest) in [Calvados](/source/Calvados_(department)).

==History==
Buron is the site of two battles, one on June 7, 1944, and another during [Operation Charnwood](/source/Operation_Charnwood) on July 8, 1944, when the [Highland Light Infantry of Canada](/source/Highland_Light_Infantry_of_Canada) liberated the town from defending elements of the [12th SS Panzer Division](/source/12th_SS_Panzer_Division).<ref name="Snowie1984">{{cite book|author=Joseph Allan Snowie|title=Bloody Buron: the Battle of Buron : Normandy, 08 July 1944|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5vvAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Boston Mills Press|isbn=978-0-919822-91-7|page=56}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Copp|first1=Terry|title=Clearing Buron: Army, Part 94|url=https://legionmagazine.com/en/2011/06/clearing-buron-army-part-94/|website=legionmagazine.com|publisher=Legion Magazine|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*1944, The Battle of Normandy: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090426010002/http://www.normandie44lamemoire.com/versionanglaise/fichesvillesus/buronus2.html Buron]

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Category:Villages in Normandy

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