Bloody Verrires: The I. Ss-Panzerkorps Defence of the Verrires-Bourguebus Ridges: Volume II: The Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly Gullachsen Arthur W.
South of the Norman city of Caen, Verrires Ridge was seen a key stepping-stone for the British Second Army if it was to break out of the Normandy bridgehead in late July 1944. Imposing in height and…
Specifikacia Bloody Verrires: The I. Ss-Panzerkorps Defence of the Verrires-Bourguebus Ridges: Volume II: The Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly Gullachsen Arthur W.
South of the Norman city of Caen, Verrires Ridge was seen a key stepping-stone for the British Second Army if it was to break out of the Normandy bridgehead in late July 1944. Imposing in height and containing perfect terrain for armored operations, the Germans viewed it as the lynchpin to their defenses south of the city of Caen and east of the Orne river.Following the failure of British Operation Goodwood on 18-20 July and the containment of the Canadian Operation Atlantic, further Allied attacks to seize the ridge would have to defeat arguably the strongest German armored formation in Normandy: The I. SS-Panzerkorps 'Leibstandarte.' In the second volume of this two-volume work, the fighting of 23 July-3 August is chronicled in detail, specifically the premier Anglo-Canadian operation to capture Verrires Ridge, Operation Spring on 25 July. Designed as an attack to seize the