Tussle at Thomashof

On the morning of the 17th of February, as the 6th Black Watch and the 1st Gordon Highlanders approached the hamlet of Thomashof, the lead company of the Black Watch was pinned down by fire from a fortified farm complex, consisting of a large house with a barn and two …

1945-02-18

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On the morning of the 17th of February, as the 6th Black Watch and the 1st Gordon Highlanders approached the hamlet of Thomashof, the lead company of the Black Watch was pinned down by fire from a fortified farm complex, consisting of a large house with a barn and two smaller nearby house, the entire grouping ringed with trenches. It was further protected by a stream and swamp, and set in open pastureland broken only by barbed-wire fences. After a failed night attack, Major George Morrison’s B Company, which had been in reserve, was ordered to “have a go at it”.

Thomashof, Holland

Operation Veritable was the northern part of an Allied pincer movement that took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945 during the final stages of the Second World War. The operation was conducted by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group, primarily consisting of the First Canadian Army under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar and the British XXX Corps under Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks.

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