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	Waffen-SS: Operation Goodwood, 1944
		Operation Goodwood, as the offensive was codenamed, would be launched from the small bridgehead over the Orne River, to the east of Caen.
		Operation Goodwood had failed spectacularly to achieve its stated objective: to capture the Bourguebus ridge and break open the German front east of Caen.
		Operation Express on 22 July saw two battalions of the Wiltshire Regiment, backed by the Churchills of the 9th Royal Tank Regiment (9 RTR), try to sweep up the eastern slope of the hill after they had taken the village of Maltot.
	www.germanwarmachine.com /waffenss/1944/operationgoodwood.htm (3348 words)

	Operation Goodwood Information
		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 Overlord had predicted an Allied front east of the Orne river as the pivot point of the Allied advance, with possession of Caen giving the British Second Army a suitable jumping-off point for offensive operations in addition to several bridges over the Orne river and Caen Canal.
		Goodwood was launched at a time of high frustration in the higher command of the Allies in Normandy and this contributed to the controversy surrounding the operation.
	www.bookrags.com /Operation_Goodwood (2414 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Operation Goodwood
		Goodwood was launched at a time of high frustration in the upper command levels of the Allies in Normandy, and this contributed to the controversy surrounding the operation.
		Goodwood gained some terrain as the bridgehead over the Orne was expanded; in a few areas the depth of penetration was 12,000 yards, but much of the gain was lateral, southward across the British front rather than eastwards into the depth of the German position; however, Caen was finally secured.
		Goodwood was launched at a time of high frustration in the higher command of the Allies and this contributed to the controversy surrounding the operation.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Goodwood (5017 words)

	Operation Goodwood - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Operation Goodwood was an Allied military operation during the Second World War lasting from 18 July to 20 July 1944 in Normandy.
		Goodwood gained some terrain as the bridgehead over the Orne was expanded; in a few areas the depth of penetration was 12,000 yards, but much of the gain was lateral, southward across the British front rather than eastwards into the depth of the German position.
		Goodwood was launched at a time of high frustration in the higher command of the Allies in Normandy and this contributed to the controversy surrounding the operation.
	www.recipeland.com:8080 /facts/Operation_Goodwood (2357 words)

	Tirpitz - The History - Operation "Goodwood"
		However the escort carrier Nabob was torpedoed by a U-boat but managed to return to harbour, while the CAP shot down 2 Blohm und Voss 138 flying boats that ventured too close to the carrier task force.
		The 33 Barracudas all carried 726 kg (1,600 lb) AP bombs, the 10 Hellcats each a 227 kg (500 lb) bomb, and 5 of the 24 Corsairs carried 454 kg (1,000 lb) AP bombs, the remainder with the 10 Fireflies being detailed for antiflak duties.
		This was a technique devised out of the lessons of Operation "Tungsten" which made the directing of AA fire very much more difficult for the gunnery control on board Tirpitz.
	www.bismarck-class.dk /tirpitz/history/tiropergoodwood.html (1146 words)

	Operation Goodwood
		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 Goodwood was an Allied military operation of World War II from July 18 to 20, 1944.
		The bocage landscape of Normandy was a serious impediment to attacking operations but the clearer land to the east, between Caen and Vimont, looked more promising.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/o/op/operation_goodwood.html (687 words)

	Defence of Normandy - Inland Battles - Holts Battlefield Tours
		General Montgomery's strategy was to draw in the majority of the German tank forces to the Caen area, thus weakening resistance to an American breakout from the west; his analogy being that of a door, irresistibly swinging into the face of the enemy.
		Operation Epsom was launched at the end June, involving 15th Scottish and 43rd Wessex Divisions in savage fighting to force the River Odon and capture Hill 112 to the south-west of Caen.
		In August Operation Bluecoat committed VIII and XXX Corps to complement the gathering force of the American breakout, and we examine 43rd Wessex Division's battle to force the Germans from dominant Mont Pincon.
	www.holts.co.uk /ht204.html (419 words)

	The Pendulum of Battle, Operation Goodwood July 1944 Armor - Find Articles
		Goodwood was a three-corps operation with the VIII British Corps' three armoured divisions conducting the main attack with its divisions in trail, while the II Canadian and I British Corps conducted attacks with five infantry divisions to protect the flanks of the primary thrust by VIII Corps.
		However, General (later Field Marshal) Montgomery indicated that he was pleased with the outcome of Goodwood since it had achieved its goal of drawing most of the German armor to the VIII Corps' front to facilitate Operation Cobra by the First U.S. Army.
		It should be ranked along with his failure to capture his D-Day objectives, open the port of Antwerp by early clearing of the Scheldt estuary in a timely manner, the failure of Market-Garden, his cautious handling of the north flank of the Ardennes, and his extremely cautious and overly expansive crossing of the Rhine.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PAB/is_6_114/ai_n15979619 (818 words)

	Cobra 4 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Operation COBRA was the plan devised by Gen. Omar Bradley to allow the Allies to break out of the lodgement area and liberate Paris and the rest of France.
		Historically, the operation began on 25 July, 1944 with a massive carpet bombing of German positions near St. Lo.
		As it was, the Germans nearly scored a decisive breakthrough, disrupted the GOODWOOD offensive and still destroyed a Commonwealth infantry division.
	members.aol.com /TFGrantel/cobra4.html (1776 words)

	WW2DB: Normandy Campaign, Phase 2
		The first attempt at a breakout, Operation Goodwood, was a failure; the predominantly British attempt utilized a large armor formation to, unsuccessfully, create a gap.
		On 25 Jul Omar Bradley launched Operation Cobra, using VII Corps' infantry divisions to create and hold a gap in the German lines while sending three divisions of men through the gap, bring the war beyond the hedgerow country that had frustrated the Allied troops so much.
		On 7 Aug 1944, Operation Lüttich was launched by German forces, a counterattack with the goal to halt the Allied momentum.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=112 (1127 words)

	Military History and Modelling - To further the interest of Military History and Modelling
		Operation EPSOM was launched on the 26th of June under a massive bombardment of 700 guns.
		‘Operation Jubilee is a raid on Jubilee with limited military and air objectives, embracing the destruction of local defences, power stations, harbour installations, rolling stock, etc., in Jubilee, the capture of prisoners, the destruction of an eardrum near the town and the capture and removal of German invasion barges and other craft in the harbour’.
		Operation Jubilee was the culmination of two years of raiding by the COHQ and was largest attempted to date.
	www.freewebs.com /mahross/landwarfare.htm (11605 words)

	France Hotels, Paris Hotels and the France Travel Guide - France.com
		The Battle of Normandy in 1944, codenamed Operation Overlord, was the invasion of Nazi occupied Western Europe by the western allies.
		The operation began with overnight paratrooper landings and a massive early-morning amphibious assault.
		Two preliminary proposals were drawn up; Operation Sledgehammer for an invasion in 1942, and Operation Roundup for a larger attack in 1943, which was adopted and became Operation Overlord, although it was delayed until 1944.
	www.france.com /culture/display_item.cfm?id=461 (3718 words)

	The Pendulum of Battle, Operation Goodwood July 1944 Armor - Find Articles
		Goodwood was a three-corps operation with the VIII British Corps' three armoured divisions conducting the main attack with its divisions in trail, while the II Canadian and I British Corps conducted attacks with five infantry divisions to protect the flanks of the primary thrust by VIII Corps.
		However, General (later Field Marshal) Montgomery indicated that he was pleased with the outcome of Goodwood since it had achieved its goal of drawing most of the German armor to the VIII Corps' front to facilitate Operation Cobra by the First U.S. Army.
		It should be ranked along with his failure to capture his D-Day objectives, open the port of Antwerp by early clearing of the Scheldt estuary in a timely manner, the failure of Market-Garden, his cautious handling of the north flank of the Ardennes, and his extremely cautious and overly expansive crossing of the Rhine.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PAB/is_6_114/ai_n15979619 (804 words)

	BOMBING IN SUPPORT OF GROUND FORCES
		The operation to which the report refers was an attack by heavy bombers on the night of 7.7.44 on two targets north of Caen in support of Operation Charnwood, an advance by allied ground forces into the northern area of the city as far as the river Orne.
		The file deals with an operational analysis of close air support in Operation Goodwood based on field investigations carried out shortly after the operation and attack data and other documentation obtained from the commands of the air and land forces involved.
		It was decided to incorporate into the operation close support by heavy bombers along the lines of an operation on 7.7.44 that had resulted in allied occupation of northern areas of the city.
	www.lib.uea.ac.uk /lib/libinf/find/archives/zuckerman/bsgf.htm (4319 words)

	DJ-> Book Review
		Operation Goodwood was ostensibly designed to permit the British and Canadians to break out of the Caen area and reach the Bourguebus Ridge and eventually Falaise to the south.
		The operation, the Canadian portion of which was called Operation Atlantic, kicked off on 18 July 1944.
		After about four days of fierce fighting in the Norman hedgerows, Operation Goodwood petered out in the face of determined German opposition, with the British losing about half their tanks.
	www.defencejournal.com /2004-8/br.asp (269 words)

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		Operation Epsom was launched by the British to the west of Caen to establish a bridgehead over the Odon.
		Operation Goodwood, launched by the British east of Caen, was defeated by the enemy anti-tank guns on Bourguébus Ridge.
		At the same time, to disguise his real intentions, Montgomery launched Operation Goodwood on both sides of the river Orne, in the east of Caen.
	www.saak.nl /normandy1999/d-day_day_by_day.htm (467 words)

	Goodwood
		On Goodwood Day, we will be examining two distinct parts of the Normandy campaign.
		This was to be a mass tank assault (codename Operation Goodwood), supported by minimum levels of infantry which had been suffering unduly heavy losses in the close bocage style fighting in the previous weeks.
		Montgomery always claimed that Goodwood had two aims – one to breakout, the other to wreck German armoured reserves and draw them away from the western sector where the US forces were preparing for Cobra.
	www.strategos.demon.co.uk /D-Day/Goodwood.htm (1397 words)

	Goodwood Museum and Gardens
		Goodwood is a special place in Leon County.
		Although she spent most of her time in New Jersey, she made alterations to Goodwood, including changing the cupola and replacing the porch columns.
		Hood survived Margaret, and in 1989 established the Margaret E. Wilson Foundation to oversee the restoration of Goodwood and its operation as a house museum.
	www.taltrust.org /goodwood.htm (533 words)

	Operation Goodwood - Definition, explanation
		Operation Goodwood was an Allied military operation of World War II from July 18 to 20, 1944.
		The bocage landscape of Normandy was a serious impediment to attacking operations but the clearer land to the east, between Caen and Vimont, looked more promising.
		Allied armour from the 2nd Army was chosen to lead the attack, and though it was expected to be costly, certain commanders had high hopes of a breakthrough.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/o/op/operation_goodwood.php (725 words)

	[No title]
		The British 2nd Army opens "Operation Goodwood", a major offensive east of the Orne River designed to put pressure on the Caen defenses.
		"Operation Goodwood" is canceled due to heavy losses and heavy rain.
		Operation Cobra Begins: "Operation Cobra" opens as 2500 bombers including 1500 heavy bombers from the US 8th Air Force, saturate the German lines west of St. Lo with 4150 tons of bombs.
	www.bartcop.com /arc4407.htm (2537 words)

	Battle for Caen - by Simon Trew (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On 7 July Operation ‘Charnwood’ forced the Germans to withdraw from northern Caen.
		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.
		The city of Caen was perhaps the greatest major obstacle in the path of the Allied advance inland after their landings in Normandy, 6 June 1944.
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	Military Library Research Service Ltd - Book Store :: BAOR Battlefield Tours
		This publication is a facsimile reprint of the issued study papers for the British Army battlefield tour of Operation GOODWOOD of 1947.
		Operation NEPTUNE Battlefield Tour - the official account of the battle of the Seine crossing with both planning and operational phases described.
		Operation VERITABLE Battlefield Tour - Operations of 30 Corps between the Rivers Maas and Rhine in February 1945.
	www.mlrsbooks.co.uk /bookstore/?CatID=110&typeofnew= (317 words)

	Notes further to a few of the entries in the Black Watch war diary. They are based on the
		To the east of this road and set some distance back from it is the Abbey of Ardenne, the fields adjoining it, surrounded by hedgerows, being the concentration area for the Black Watch from July 11 to 17 preparatory to its first action against the enemy on July 18.
		This was part of the Canadian role in Operation "Goodwood," Montgomery’s objective being to break out of the Orne bridgehead and capture the high ground south of Caen known as the Bourgebus-Verrieres ridge.
		Looking over the hedge, one could see the wreckage of a bomber knocked down during operation Goodwood and beyond it the gentle rise of the grain fields to the crest of the Verrieres Ridge.
	members.fortunecity.com /lniven/booth.htm (2463 words)

	Operation Goodwood
		GOODWOOD is an interesting battle in many ways.
		In particular, it was an attempt to break through the German lines using massed tanks to minimize infantry casualties, using massed strategic bombers as super-heavy battleground weapons.
		Although Sweet was privileged to attend a Staff College Battlefield Tour of the GOODWOOD battlefield (in 1971), Dunphie is even more heavily influenced by the 'BFT' format.
	www.wargames.co.uk /Pending/Archive/March04/operationgoodwood.htm (566 words)

	Article-Kursk in Normandy- Operation Goodwood 1944
		Operation Goodwood, the largest tank battle involving British troops ever to have taken place, has been a perpetual subject of controversy.
		The Allied invasion of Northern France was the greatest combined operation in the history of warfare.
		While there are no doubt interesting facts here to be picked up about the battle and the maps are acceptable, a serious student of Goodwood needs to look elsewhere for a quality book-length treatment of the operation.
	www.minihttpserver.net /z_book/A_kursk_in_normandy_op-0741423545.htm (796 words)

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