Operation Spring

Wann

25. Juli 1944 – 27. Juli 1944

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

49.11° N, 0.33° W

Description

1944 military operation

1944 Canadian offensive on the Western Front of World War II

Operation Spring was an offensive operation of the Second World War conducted by II Canadian Corps during the Normandy campaign in 1944. The plan was intended to create pressure on the German forces operating on the British and Canadian front simultaneous with Operation Cobra, an American offensive. Operation Spring was intended to capture Verrières Ridge and the villages on the south slope of the ridge.

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