Could someone provide me with reports, memoirs, foto's or maps about the operations around kalbeck, Horst and Rottum. The wooded area alongside the niers just east of Goch between goch and Uedem during veritable. Operation HEATHER and Operation LEEK. Had their starting positions there. Involved in the operations are: Corps: XXX brit. corps Divisions: 3d division 11th armoured division 53rd division Brigades: 9th brigade 8th brigade 6th armoured infantry brig. 4th armoured brig. 160th infantry brig. 158th infantry brig. 71th brigade Regiments: 2nd east yorkshire regt. 1st suffolk regt. 5th coldstream guards (maybe) 1st kings own scot. borderes 2nd ulster rifles 2nd east yorkshire regt. 1st suffolk regt. 1st south lancashire regt. German forces: Army: 1th Fs armee Korps: II Fs Korps. Division: 8th Fs Jg Div. Regiment: Fs Jg Rgt 24 Fs Jg Rgt 7 Fs Jg Rgt 22 And there should have been a counter attack with SP's that shattered. Conducted Around the mansion's, sophienhof and babbe. Nowadays between the sandheiderweg and the L77 But couldn't find any info according their unit. I suspect they were from the 116th panzer division. EDIT: The counter attack was conducted by the 116th Pz panzer lehr div. on the 22nd of feb. And remained in the area till the 25th. Greetings Diz.
Yes that is what i know of. Leek was the attack on Weeze from goch by the 53rd div.As part of clearing the path downwards along the maas. Heading towards the american forces comming up north to geldern. Heater by the 8th and 9th directed at kervenheim.As part of the approach to Alpen to meet the american forces going north east for the Wesel Xanten bridgehead.
As you can read in the pages posted by stolpi, in a later stage a attack called Operation Daffodil does also apply on this same battle.
Diz. Operation Heather is described in detail in my book, The Noise of Battle, published by Helion in 2016. Tony Colvin
Diz. If you're still interested, the 53 Div histry and a few of the battalion historiesmcover Daffodil and Leek quite well.
Diz, could you update a bit. I found some traces regarding Operation LEEK. But some operations are also mentioned in the book In My Father's Footsteps: With the 53rd Welsh Division from Normandy to Hamburg Thanks to Wapen who made this thread again visible.
See also refs in... The Sherwood Rangers in February 1945 And... The Sherwood Rangers in March 1945 Weeze | WW2Talk Weeze by Ramiles posted Mar 17, 2015 at 6:25 PM
There are some then and now (albeit 2005) pictures here... Weeze... My village in Germany 1945 and 2005
Nice share Ramiles. Has Diz dropped off the forum? My old boss, Guy Crofton was a 9th/12th Lancer. Lovely man.
