Hill 262
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Hill 262, or the Mont Ormel ridge, is an area of high ground above the village of Coudehard in Normandy that was the location of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Battle of Falaise in the
Polish infantry moving towards cover on Mount Ormel, 20 August 1944.
Lieutenant Kłaptocz of the Polish 1st Armoured Division and Major Leonard Dull of the US 90th Infantry Division, in Chambois, August 1944, after the Allied link-up.
The remains of a retreating German column destroyed by the 1st Armoured Regiment near Hill 262
The remains of a Polish Sherman tank and two German vehicles (a Panther and an Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack), destroyed in the vicinity of Boisjois near Point 262N
Operation Totalize
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Operation Totalize was an offensive launched by Allied troops in the First Canadian Army during the later stages of Operation Overlord, from 8 to 10 August 1944. The intention was to break through the
A Cromwell tank and jeep pass an abandoned German 88 mm anti-tank gun during Operation Totalize, 8 August 1944.
Canadian troops searching German prisoners during the early stages of Operation Totalize.