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Title
Take the Hill
Description
The main thrust on July 10th 1944 was toward the summit of Hill 112. While the 130th Brigade secured the left flank, the 129th Brigade. supported by the 7th RTR, was to advance on a broad front and secure the …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1944-07-10
Scenario#
HOD4
Scenario Description
The main thrust on July 10th 1944 was toward the summit of Hill 112. While the 130th Brigade secured the left flank, the 129th Brigade. supported by the 7th RTR, was to advance on a broad front and secure the summit. The plan was for the 4th Somerset to advance over the summit. The 4th Wiltshire (Wilts) would swing around to the left, while the 5th Wilts swung around to the right. Things went badly from the beginning when shells from their own artillery Ianded among the assault troops of the 4th Wilts. Even without this stroke of bad luck, the 129th Brigade still had to advance over relatively open terrain through waist high corn. The lnfantry and armour advanced in tandem. The German AT guns responded and knocked out several Tanks and Carriers. German armor quickly added to the number of British vehicles knocked out. The British forces pushed on with classic British determination, and the assault troops of the 129th closed on the German positions. The German Grenadiers opened up and began inflicting casualties on the British lnfantry. The defense of the Hill was declared a “Schwerpunkt” and the Germans committed their reserves, the dreaded Nebelwerfers of the 8th Werfer Brigade begin to rain death and destruction. Through all this, the British advanced slowly, yard by bloody yard, but things were about get worse. Tigers! Elements of the 102th Heavy Tank Brigade were advancing from the southeast. Only the thin skinned Achilles and 17 Ibr AT guns of the 86th Antitank Regiment could hope to challenge this new threat. After several hours of heavy fighting, the 129th Brigade reached their goal along the Caen-Evracy road and began to dig in.
Location
Hill 112, France
Battle Narrative
Operation Jupiter was an offensive by VIII Corps of the British Second Army on 10 to 11 July 1944 during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The objective of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, was to capture the villages of Baron-sur-Odon, Fontaine-Étoupefour, Chateau de Fontaine and to recapture Hill 112. An attached brigade of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division would take Éterville, Maltot and the ground up to the River Orne and then the tanks of the 4th Armoured Brigade, supported by infantry, would advance through the captured ground and secure several villages to the west of the River Orne. It was hoped that the initial objectives could be captured by 9:00 a.m., after which the 4th Armoured Brigade would exploit the success.
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Combatants
German
British

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