By Ian Daglish
For the 1st e-book in our new sequence Over The Battlefield, we now have selected Ian Daglish to explain the occasions of Operation GOODWOOD, July 1944, the dramatic tried British armoured break-out from the Normandy bridge-head. This was once the best armoured conflict undertaken by means of the British in the course of the moment international warfare. what's so distinct approximately this booklet is the invention and use of very good aerial photographs taken through the battling through the RAF. This notable imagery makes it attainable to track the process the conflict and to trace the move of the armoured regiments and troops of each side. The influence is sensational and the reader is ready to stick to background within the making.
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GERMAN DISPOSITIONS The German front east of the Orne was covered by two corps. Changes of organization within each immediately prior to GOODWOOD had gone unnoticed, or at least incorrectly evaluated, by the British. South of Caen was SS-Obergruppenführer ‘Sepp’ Dietrich’s I. SS-Panzerkorps, up to mid-July home to the powerful first and twelfth SS Panzer divisions: the ‘Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler’ and the ‘Hitlerjugend’. The latter had ended the long defence of Caen city on the night of 8-9 July, its last elements pulling back across the Orne for a long overdue period of rest and refitting.
It would be foolhardy to hope that no errors have crept into this book. This will not be the last word on GOODWOOD. But, where this work appears to contradict earlier accounts, the author respectfully asks readers to consider that no single earlier study has enjoyed access to all the information contained herein. Ian Daglish Alderley Edge 2005 References 1 ‘Assault Division’, Norman Scarfe, ISBN 1-86227-256-5. A very lucid story of 3rd Division including a useful account of actions on the eastern flank of GOODWOOD, sadly beyond the scope of this work.
This task was given to the Commander Royal Engineers of 51st (Highland) Division, reinforced by a Field Company, RE from 3rd Division. On the night of 15-16 July, the sappers set to work. They quickly ran into problems. Their records of British minefields were hopelessly inadequate for the task. Mines laid in haste had gone unmarked; others had been displaced by shellbursts and concealed by the crops. A change of plan was urgently agreed, and on the night of 16-17 July the sappers employed a different technique.