Battle of Verrières Ridge

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Verrières Ridge was a major and costly World War II engagement during the Normandy campaign in July 1944, in which Allied forces—particularly Canadian units—fought to seize a strategically vital height south of Caen from entrenched German defenders.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Verrières Ridge canonical	2
Battle of Verrières	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
aftermath	contributed to attrition of German armoured forces in Normandy ⓘ controversy over Canadian command decisions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Verrières Ridge ⓘ surface form: Battle of Verrières
belligerent	Canada ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties	heavy Canadian casualties ⓘ significant German casualties ⓘ thousands of Allied casualties ⓘ
combatant	12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend ⓘ 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ⓘ 2nd Panzer Division ⓘ First Canadian Army ⓘ II Canadian Corps ⓘ
commander	Guy Simonds ⓘ Kurt Meyer ⓘ Paul Hausser ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
date	1944-07 ⓘ
defensiveFeatures	anti-tank guns on high ground ⓘ extensive use of machine-gun nests ⓘ well-prepared German defensive positions ⓘ
endDate	1944-07-25 ⓘ
locatedIn	Normandy ⓘ
locatedNear	Caen ⓘ
notableUnit	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada ⓘ 2nd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: Canadian 2nd Infantry Division 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: Canadian 3rd Infantry Division 4th Canadian Armoured Division ⓘ surface form: Canadian 4th Armoured Division Royal Hamilton Light Infantry ⓘ
objective	capture Verrières Ridge ⓘ secure high ground south of Caen ⓘ
operation	Operation Atlantic ⓘ Operation Spring ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Normandy ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign
place	Verrières Ridge ⓘ
result	Allied attack repulsed ⓘ German defensive victory ⓘ
startDate	1944-07-19 ⓘ
strategicImportance	dominated approaches to Falaise ⓘ key to Allied breakout from Caen ⓘ
tactics	armoured attacks ⓘ close air support ⓘ frontal infantry assaults ⓘ intensive artillery bombardment ⓘ
theatre	Western Front of World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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3rd Canadian Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Verrières Ridge ⓘ

Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada → notableEngagement → Battle of Verrières Ridge ⓘ

Battle of Verrières Ridge → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Verrières Ridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Verrières