Battle of Hill 262, or the Mont Ormel ridge (elevation 262 m (860 ft)), is an area of high ground above the village of Coudehard in Normandy that was the...

The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions...

biggest was a corridor forced past the 1st Polish Armoured Division on Hill 262, a commanding position at the pocket mouth. By the evening of 21 August...

groups of the 1st Polish Armoured Division and the II SS Panzer Corps on Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) the gap was not closed quickly and thousands of German troops...

the crew engages German armored units to capture and occupy Hill 262. Defending the hill, the crew endure an assault by the remnants of the German 7th...

Macé, Normandy, France Mače, Croatia Mače, Slovenia Mace, Indiana, U.S. Hill 262 in Normandy, France, known as the "Mace" in World War II Mace (unit), an...

Lyscombe Hill (262 metres, 860 feet high) is a hill near Melcombe Bingham about 14 kilometres north-northeast of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England...

Divisions, while the 2nd SS and 9th SS Panzer Divisions were ordered to attack Hill 262 from the outside in order to keep the gap open. By 22 August, the Falaise...

south to Saint-Lô in a line extending from Pont-Hébert to the vicinity of Hill 122, commanded by Major General Paul W. Baade. Opposing them, the German...

the Battle of Bologna and the Battle of Ancona (both also in Italy), and Hill 262 in France in 1944. The Polish Armed Forces in the West were disbanded after...

Brest Operation Totalize Falaise Pocket Operation Tractable Battle of Hill 262 Battle of Chambois Liberation of Paris French Resistance Operation Valkyrie:...

and capture high ground southwest of the town along the Périers highway (Hill 30) to block withdrawal. The 327th was to cross the Douve at Brévands, circle...

museum was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales on 4 June 2000, Brigadier James Hill, Françoise Gondrée foundress with General Sir Richard Nelson Gale as Président...

was wounded during the attack. Another casualty was Warrant Officer Andrew Hill, who was killed when he came upon the battle while searching for the headquarters...

Normandy by State "Numbers by unit (example first row: 463 graves of the 262 Infantry Regiment of the 66 Division). " Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial...

and Brooksville Ridge peaks except Citrus County High Point, Frazee Hill, Oak Hill, Pasco County High Point (Unnamed peak near Jessamine Lake Northeast)...

The Battle of Bloody Gulch took place around the Manoir de Donville or Hill 30 (U.S. Army designation), approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Carentan...

Baron-sur-Odon, Fontaine-Étoupefour, Château de Fontaine-Étoupefour and to recapture Hill 112. An attached brigade of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division would take...

Division, as the 2nd Battalion of the 120th Infantry Regiment commanded Hill 314, the dominant feature around Mortain. Although cut off, they were supplied...

brilliant victory against the Wehrmacht in the battles for Mont Ormel, Hill 262 and the town of Chambois. In this series of offensive and defensive operations...

attacked towards Chambois and against German positions on what was known as Hill 262, located north-east of Chambois. Polish forces then attacked the outskirts...

Château de Fontaine and recapture the top of Hill 112 by 9:00 a.m. After the first phase, positions on Hill 112 were to cover an advance on Éterville, Maltot...

Zaloga p. 75 Zaloga 2015 p. 36 Blumenson p. 240 Hastings p. 261 Hastings, p. 262 Hastings, p. 263 Hastings, p. 265 Daglish 2009, p. 301. Ellis 1962, pp. 419–433...

Ellis, p. 250 Van der Vat, p. 139 D'Este, p. 172 Taylor, p. 76 Clay, pp. 262–263 Clark, p. 21 Ellis, p. 275 Hastings, p. 138 Clark, pp. 31–33 Hart, p...

the summit of Hill 262, where the pocket was officially closed on 21 August 1944, with two sites – an open-air monument at the hill's summit (overlooking...

west of Hill 112 but were repulsed and an attack by the 8th Rifle Brigade and the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on the southern slope of the hill, drove the...

alternative names of hills in the main list: Gore Hill (265 m), Dorset Downs, SW spur of Telegraph Hill Higher Melcombe Hill (262 m), Dorset Downs, possibly...

column was on Hill 140, the wrong objective, other units sent to reinforce went towards the wrong hill. Eventually, another force captured Hill 195 in a model...

The height of the summit is variously recorded as 261 metres or 262 metres. Watts Hill lies about 1½ miles north of Cerne Abbas above the village of Minterne...

sharply to the rounded summits of Breeze Hill (262 m), with the hairpin bends of the B3081 climbing Zig Zag Hill on its northwestern flanks, and Win Green...