Image: Hill 262 20 Aug 1944

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Description: The mouth of the Falaise Pocket, 20 August 1944. Having linked up with the Americans in Chambois and established a strong position on the Mont Ormel ridge, the Poles come under fierce attack as the Germans attempt to extricate their forces from encirclement.
Title: Hill 262 20 Aug 1944
Credit: Own work using: Copp, Terry (2004) [2003] Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy, Toronto: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 0-80203-780-1. OCLC: 56329119. August 20th: the counter-attack of 2nd SS-PanzerKorps. Mémorial de Coudehard-Montormel (memorial-montormel.org). Retrieved on 2010-07-16. Additional information incorporated from sourced descriptive text at Hill 262 at en.wikipedia.org
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