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Operation Spring
| Operation Spring | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy | |||||||
 Operation Spring | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Canada United Kingdom |
 Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Guy Simonds | Josef Dietrich | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2 infantry divisions 2 armoured divisions 1 armoured brigade |
Parts of 3 panzer divisions 1 depleted infantry division Parts of two Tiger battalions | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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450 killed 1,100 wounded | Unknown | ||||||
Operation Spring (July 25–27, 1944) 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.[1] The German defence of the ridge contained the offensive on the first day and inflicted many casualties on the Canadians.
- ^ Jarymowycz 2001, pp. 75–87.
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