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Title
A Veritable Bloodbath
Description
Operation Veritable, Montgomery’s push to the Rhine, was encountering fanatic German Resistance for every square mile of Holland. Having just about secured the town of Goch, the 1st Gordon Highlanders were ordered to continue the advance south and east. The …
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Source
Publisher
Date
1945-02-17
Scenario#
22
Scenario Description
Operation Veritable, Montgomery’s push to the Rhine, was encountering fanatic German Resistance for every square mile of Holland. Having just about secured the town of Goch, the 1st Gordon Highlanders were ordered to continue the advance south and east. The next obstacle for Company A turned out to be the hamlet of Thomashof: a gathering of stone buildings and farmland interlaced with wire fences. The German defenders enjoyed both wide fields of fire and the element of surprise as the ”Spandaus”, the British nickname for the German MG42 machine gun, opened up.
Location
South of Goch, Holland
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
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 2ist Army Group, primarily consisting of the First Canadian Army under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar and the British XXX Corps under Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Operation Veritable
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Combatants
German
British
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