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	Encyclopedia: Operation Tonga
		As part of Operation Overlord the British 6th Airborne Division was to be airlanded on the eastern flank of the landing area, around the River Orne and to the east of the town of Caen.
		Operation Goodwood was also used as the codename for the series of attacks by the British Fleet Air Arm on the German battleship Tirpitz in late August 1944.
		Operation Cobra was the codename for the World War II operation planned by United States Army general Omar Bradley to break out from the Normandy area after the previous months D-Day landings.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Tonga (2111 words)

	OPERATION EPSOM (Battleground Europe Normandy): Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Operation EPSOM was General Montgomery's third attempt to take the City of Caen, which had been a key British D-Day objective.
		Operation Epsom, by veteran Battleground Europe author Tim Saunders, is the first in five new volumes covering the British attempts to break out of the Normandy beachhead in 1944.
		Saunders volume on Epsom, a British offensive that occurred during 26-30 June 1944, is as well written as his previous volumes for the series.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /books-plain/0850529549.html (995 words)

	Epsom and Ewell on the Internet - the International Epsom Communities Association
		Epsom was a village outside Auckland and governed by its own Road Board, but was incorporated into the city of Auckland on 1st February 1917.
		Epsom was originally a tiny hamlet named Tophet, but changed its name to Epsom when a well was dug and produced water with a mineral flavour.
		Epsom and Ewell on the Internet is operated by Internetworks Ltd of Epsom as a service to our community.
	www.epsom.townpage.co.uk /ieca.htm (949 words)

	Amazon.com: OPERATION EPSOM (Battleground Europe Normandy): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Indeed, Operation Epsom is a solid case history of a typical British corps-size attack in 1944.
		Saunders does a superb job in his introductory chapter sketching the background to the battle, including the arrival of the British VIII Corps and the German SS Hitler Jugend division and the genesis of the plan to envelop the city of Caen from the west.
		For Operation Epsom, the British massed the three divisions of VIII Corps (11th Armored, 15th Scottish and 43rd Wessex) under the desert veteran General O'Connor against the thinly spread SS Hitler Jugend division.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0850529549?v=glance (1396 words)

	Battle Plan Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Operation Market-Garden allows you to recreate skirmish level battles covering the epic airborne battle that occurred in September 1944, when Montgomery gambled with 35,000 paratroppers in a bid to cross the Rhine and bring an early end to the war against Germany.
		Operation Epsom allows you to recreate skirmish level battles covering the British attempts to break out of the Normandy beachhead in 1944.
		For Operation Epsom, the British massed the three divisions of VIII Corps (11th Armored, 15th Scottish and 43rd Wessex) against the thinly spread SS Hitler Jugend division.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /battleplangames/catalog.htm (973 words)

	SS-Kanonier Werner Saß
		This sector remained relatively static until the 25th of June when the British launched Operation Epsom, aimed at capturing Caen, that was supported by enormous artillery and air support.
		On the 18th July the Allies launched Operation Goodwood, aimed at capturing the rest of Caen and to breakout into the open countryside beyond.
		Infanteriedivision in the early stages of the operation and then supported its own division when this was committed to halt the Allies from the 19th July onwards.
	home.clara.net /percy/wernersafs.htm (765 words)

	Maps WWII Normandy Invasion June-July 1944
		Cherbourg was captured by June 29th and served as an important landing site and base for Allied armies operating in Normandy.
		In the continuing effort to capture Caen, British armed forces launched a flanking attack on the right of the front which proved insufficient to break the German defense.
		Operation Epsom, however, drew considerable German armor away from American armed forces aiming to break out of Normandy.
	www.onwar.com /maps/wwii/normandy (320 words)

	Wargames Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Operating on the left flank of Operation Epsom, 6 RSF supported by B Sqn 9 RTR was ordered to take the village of St Manvieu.
		This was one of the contributing factors to Epsom falling behind schedule from the outset.
		The aim, therefore for the German player is to hold out for as long as possible by slowing down the British attack.
	www.wargamesjournal.com /wwii/St_Manvieu_May_2004.asp (612 words)

	Issues : Epsom - World War Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The great caravan of men and equipment had to travel along the roads, which often were virtually destroyed by shelling, and which, when they led through a village, were usually blocked by the piles of rubble that had previously been homes, churches, and farms.
		Goodwood, July 18th-19th, the somewhat successful attempt to encircle Caen from the East and take the high ground to the South) were failures, or only half successes, largely due to the fact that reinforcements, although they were available, simply could not make it through the traffic in time to broaden the front.
		Eventually, the Allies abandoned the stalemated operation in favour of a more direct approach to taking Caen: levelling it.
	www.valourandhorror.com /DB/ISSUE/Epsom.php (1407 words)

	ipedia.com: Battle of Normandy Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Battle of Normandy in 1944, codenamed Operation Overlord, was the invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe by the Allies.
		In January 1944, General Bernard Montgomery was named as operational commander for the invasion ground forces.
		The three month objective was to control a zone bound by the rivers Lôire; in the south and Seine in the north east.
	www.ipedia.com /battle_of_normandy.html (4821 words)

	Helion & Company Ltd > OPERATION EPSOM (BATTLE ZONE NORMANDY SERIES) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Operation Epsom, launched on 29 June, was General Bernard Montgomery's third attempt to take the city of Caen, which had been a key D-Day objective.
		The basic aim of Epsom was to sweep round to the west and south of Caen and reach the main Caen-Falaise road.
		Despite Monty's claims after the war that his intention was to 'fix', or hold, the enemy armour in the east while the Americans swept round from the west, Epsom was clearly designed for the British to achieve the decisive breakthrough in Normandy.
	www.helion.co.uk /product.php?xProd=35061 (481 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Operation Bluecoat (Battleground Europe S.): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A lot of detail has been lost on those affected and this is highlighted by the clarity of the majority, which have come out fine.
		The book works very well as a narrative history of the operation and is a thoroughly entertaining read.
		Reinforcing the rules, I read about an infantry lieutenant thrown from the deck of a tank he was riding from by the turret turning unexpectedly.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0850529123 (1325 words)

	Operation Epsom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		They now only had four properly operating Tigers, and although infantry units were filtering through to aid them, Wittman was conspicuous by his absence.
		The Battle of Villers Bocage demonstrated the growing strength of the Germans around the lodgement area and that an Allied breakthrough would have to be won with some difficulty.
		The more ambitious parts of Operation Perch (codenamed Operation Wild Oats) which were to include an attempted sweep through the area to the east of Caen and an airborne drop of British 1
	www.strategos.demon.co.uk /D-Day/Epsom.htm (1366 words)

	Battle Zone Normandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A much heavier bombardment opened Operation 'Goodwood' on 18 July, in the course of which the Canadians finally managed to liberate the rest of Caen, by now largely demolished after five weeks of intensive fighting.
		Operation Cobra, launched at the end of July 1944, was designed to open a decisive gap in the German defences facing the American forces in Normandy.
		The strengths, weaknesses and sheer drama of airborne warfare are all encapsulated in the opening week of the division's operations in Normandy as its lightly armed but highly trained and motivated troops sought to overcome a more heavily armed enemy desperate to unhinge the invasion.
	info.wlu.ca /~wwwmsds/booksbznor (2887 words)

	WWII General I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The physical development, construction and operational history of every airfield is described in detail and are illustrated with wartime and present-day aerial photographs, over 830 photos and illustrations.
		Although the operation resulted in the award of five Medals of Honor - America's highest decoration for bravery - the cost was high: 308 airmen lost their lives and 208 were taken prisoner or interned.
		Whiting accounts of Operation Nordwind, planned by Hitler himself, which hurled eight German divisions, three of them SS, against the thinly held American line in the Alsace-Lorraine region, this action cost nearly as many casualties as the Battle of the Bulge and nearly destroyed the Alliance.
	www.aberdeenbookstore.com /wwii_general_i.htm (14817 words)

	Cloggie :: Booklog :: Six Armies in Normandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		For the Americans, the airborne landings of the 101st Airborne Division on the eve of D-Day were taken, while the Canadians are represented by the 3rd Canadian Division on D-Day itself, landing at Juno.
		The British army is represented by two units, the 15th Scottish Division during Operation Epsom, the drive to capture Caen and the English 11th Armoured Division during Operation Goodwood, breaking out east of Caen.
		This is followed by a chapter devoted to Operation Cobra, the breakout of the American forces from Cotentin peninsula, which focuses on the German defence and Operation Lüttich, the German counterattack.
	www.cloggie.org /books/six-armies-in-normandy.html (505 words)

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		Fortunately there are a number of scenarios that take place a fes days after the invasion, such as Operation Epsom, Villers-Bocage and a few others.
		There is a 750-move campaign with a larger map that no one is expected to play, for the benefit of those who want to make their own scenarios.
		I wonder if the incredibly stupid Black Watch carge in the open is modeled in the game, where most of this excellent regiment were mowed down by the Germans as they continued to advance in the open against German machineguns.
	grognard.com /reviews1/norm44.txt (1469 words)

	Normandy, Neptune, Arcadia, Dieppe, Quebec, Conference, Mulberry, Eisenhower, Tedder, Montgomery, Overlord, Channel
		In charge of all naval operations under the code name 'Neptune' is Adm Sir Bertram Ramsey.
		For the purposes of 'Overlord', RAF Bomber Command and the Eighth US Air Force are placed under the operational direction of the Supreme Commander to add to the aircraft of the Allied Tactical Air Forces.
		As Cherbourg falls, British troops of Second Army start a major attack to the west of Caen (Operation 'Epsom') but are soon held by the Germans.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsNormandy.htm (2022 words)

	10.SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsburg"
		25 March, 1944: Generalfeldmarschal Erich Manstein decides to commit the division to an operation for relief of the 1.Armee, located just east of the Zbruz River, 35 miles east of Tarnopol.
		15 July, 1944: Operation GREENLINE traps the division west of Caen.
		January, 1945: Division slated for deployment east of the Haguenau Forest along the Rhine River to link up with Army Group Oberrhein's forces in the Gambsheim bridgehead.
	www.feldgrau.com /10ss.html (1450 words)

	The World at War
		He was but one of thousands of Allied paratroopers hurtling through the dark skies over Normandy in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944 but the recounting of his story in Cornelius Ryan’s book, The Longest Day and later in the film adapted from it made John Steele, 505th Regiment U.S. 82nd Airborne Div.
		Instead of jumping into a well lighted drop zone, Steele found himself falling into the center of the burning and panicked village of Sainte Mere Eglise.
		British launch "Operation Epsom" - objective: establish a bridgehead on the River Odon, west of Caen.
	worldatwar.net /article/overlord (2620 words)

	Table of contents for The 12th SS
		Repelling British Attacks between 15 and 18 June 1944 2.7 Actions of SS-Panzergrenadierregiment 25 and 21.
		Manvieu-Fontenay Sector, and Defensive Fighting by SS-Panzergrenadierregiment 26, SS-Panzerpionierbataillon 12 and SS-Panzerregiment 12 on 26 June 1944 3.4 'EPSOM'-the Second Day of the Offensive of the VIII (British) Corps, Breakthrough by the Enemy to the Odon River and Establishing a Bridgehead near Tourmauville.
		Abandoning Rauray and Moving to a New Position North of Brettevillette on 27 June 1944 3.5 'EPSOM'-the Third Day of the Offensive of the VIII (British) Corps, Expansion of the British Bridgehead Westward to Gavrus.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip056/2005001216.html (278 words)

	Norman Arvidson D-Day Memorial Story, Chapter 3, D-Day Chronology, Page 1 of 1
		“Operation Overlord,” as the battle plan was called, was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
		The Allies took the Germans by surprise, opening the way for the liberation of Paris.
		Second British attempt to isolate Caen (Operation Epsom) halted
	www.rb-29.net /HTML/75ArivdsonMem./03.01d-daychron.html (428 words)

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	historicon
		This re-fight of the first day of Operation Epsom occurred at Historicon in Lancaster, PA on July 26, 2002.
		Twelve players pushed 900 15mm infantry figures and over 150 tanks and guns in this wargame depicting the attack of 15th Scottish and 11th Armoured Divisions on elements of the 12th SS “Hitlerjugend” Panzer Division holding positions to the west of Caen.
		Click on the thumbnails below for a larger picture
	spearhead1944.com /scenarios/historicon.htm (949 words)

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