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01-07-2008, 02:50 AM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Coulsdon Surrey UK
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 | Whats the name of that Ford through the River Dives that the Germans got trapped in, I remember that someone posted a picture recently.....
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01-07-2008, 08:07 AM
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| Gotthard - Hate to throw some facts into a discussion BUT the Falaise offensive started on August 7th - finished on August 21st - Monty was in charge until the end of August when Eisenhower took over as Field Commander - Sapper is quite right - Neither Monty nor Dempsey were given the credit for that victory as by then the Americans were approaching the majority of troops in that campaign- but with limited fighting to that point - Cobra was weeks late - and Marshall was insisting that they flex their muscles - many believe - along with Field Marshal Alanbrooke - that this change of leadershp caused the war to be extended by at least six months causing untold casualties to all combatants.... |
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01-07-2008, 08:49 AM
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Moissy ford, Martin Bull posted some images both here and on WW2Forum. | |
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01-07-2008, 05:19 PM
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| Thanks now found it on Google earth, I am only staying about 20 km's away so me and the wife are going to take a look there and have a picnic and just have a moment to reflect
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01-07-2008, 06:27 PM
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| Here are some photos of the Moissy ford. The first one is an allied recon photo taken after the breakout (note all the knocked out vehicles strewn about the fields and tracks), I have added coloured arrows which show where, and in which direction I took my photos. The grey lines indicate the tracks and pathways that lead to the ford. The germans approached the ford from top and right to bottom left in this photo.  Red arrow  Blue arrow  Green arrow 
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01-07-2008, 08:10 PM
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| Thanks for that great pictures, Regards Lee
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01-07-2008, 11:15 PM
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| Great pictures especially with the link between the old picture and the modern, thank-you.
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