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Bloody VerrieRes. the I. Ss-Panzerkorps Defence of the VerrieRes-Bourguebus Ridges - Volume II: the Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly-La-Campagne, 23 July-5 August 1944 (Hardcover)
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Bloody VerrieRes. the I. Ss-Panzerkorps Defence of the VerrieRes-Bourguebus Ridges - Volume II: the Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly-La-Campagne, 23 July-5 August 1944 (Hardcover)
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South of the Norman city of Caen, Verrieres 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 armoured operations, the Germans
viewed it as the lynchpin to their defences 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 armoured
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 Verrieres Ridge, Operation
Spring on 25 July. Designed as an attack to seize the ridge and
exploit south with armour, this battle saw the 2nd Canadian Corps
attack savaged again by German armoured reserves brought in
specifically to defeat another Goodwood. Not satisfied with this
defensive victory, German armoured forces would then seek to
restore an earlier defensive line further north, attacking to
destroy the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. Largely unknown, these
were some of the strongest and most successful German armoured
operations to take place in the Normandy campaign.
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