door koos24 » 08 sep 2010, 21:59
ARDENNE (abbey) Calvados - 1 km west of Caen
A tragic chapter in the Battle of Normandy
On June 7, 1944, Regiment 25 of Hitlerjugend Division set up its headquarter in Ardenne abbey, a key observation post. The SS standartenführer Kurt Meyer prepared an attack against the Canadians progressing in Buron and Authie. The Germans wreaked havoc with the Canadians. Sherman of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, infantrymen of the Camerons and the North Nova Scotia were driven from the field and hastily dug in Buron. The SS made many prisoners, who were frisked, interrogated and evacuated. But from 8 to 17 June, twenty-seven Canadian soldiers were executed within the abbey. Front line stabilizes until July 8 when General Montgomery launched the Charnwood offensive. The abbey was shelled, the fighting were fierce and the SS were decided to go on to the bitter end. But Kurt Meyer gave order to withdraw. The Germans broke off during the night of 8-9 July, and the Canadians of the Regina Rifles Regiment entered into deserted and quiet Ardenne abbey.
ARDENNE (abbey) Calvados - 1 km west of Caen
A tragic chapter in the Battle of Normandy
On June 7, 1944, Regiment 25 of Hitlerjugend Division set up its headquarter in Ardenne abbey, a key observation post. The SS standartenführer Kurt Meyer prepared an attack against the Canadians progressing in Buron and Authie. The Germans wreaked havoc with the Canadians. Sherman of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, infantrymen of the Camerons and the North Nova Scotia were driven from the field and hastily dug in Buron. The SS made many prisoners, who were frisked, interrogated and evacuated. [b]But from 8 to 17 June, twenty-seven Canadian soldiers were executed within the abbey.[/b] Front line stabilizes until July 8 when General Montgomery launched the Charnwood offensive. The abbey was shelled, the fighting were fierce and the SS were decided to go on to the bitter end. But Kurt Meyer gave order to withdraw. The Germans broke off during the night of 8-9 July, and the Canadians of the Regina Rifles Regiment entered into deserted and quiet Ardenne abbey.