Hill 195, Normandy.

Art

Good to see you back on the forum,

My Dad was in 7th Recce,3rd Div.

Cheers from Toronto

Randy

 

Innovative and successful actions like that of the Argyll's don't seem to merit much historical attention. Other than the quote from JA English, I've seen no other examination or assessment of those events.
See: Brian Reid "No Holding Back"

Excellent book all round.

Regards
Jon

 

Interesting thread, thank you gents !

 

Owen -
Just yesterday a Canadian woman was on to say that she was following up a relative who had been killed at the "Battle of the Bulge" on the 8th of August '44 - this is typical family folk lore as the Battle of the Bulge was on December 16th - thru January '45 -

She must have meant the opening of the Totalize Operation when he was killed - but the thread was gone before I could answer ....
Cheers

 

Owen -
Just yesterday a Canadian woman was on to say that she was following up a relative who had been killed at the "Battle of the Bulge" on the 8th of August '44 - this is typical family folk lore as the Battle of the Bulge was on December 16th - thru January '45 -

She must have meant the opening of the Totalize Operation when he was killed - but the thread was gone before I could answer ....
Cheers
see here.
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/searching-someone-military-genealogy/32513-searching-info-john-earl-boyd-3-lt-regt-rca.html

now back to Hill 195.

 

I have noted in some accounts i've read on the action, that there was some criticism of the lack or lateness of heavy artillery support from 9th-14th Aug.
On the 10th Aug the HQ 2nd Cdn Army Group Royal Artillery (2CAGRA) was under constant shell fire and then bombed by planes of the RAF-RCAF
and was put out of action for 3 days suffering 24 casualties.
Rob