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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1736994" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10888364_649829961813466_4534042773395243782_n.jpg?oh=00e855d77ad37d322214d56077362fa0&oe=55483F90" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> No.4 Company, 1st.Welsh Guards, in action near Cagny, Caen, Normandy during 'Operation Goodwood'. 19th of July 1944. The Company Commander, Maj J. D. A. Syrett, is seenindicating a mortar target to Sgt Vessey. Gdsm Kitchen is in the foreground and Gdsm Fenwick is the Bren gunner. Major Syrett was killed a few days later.'Operation Goodwood' was the name given to the Allies attempt to capture the city of Caen in Normandy. 'Operation Goodwood' was started in July 1944 and by the time the operation was declared over the city of Caen was in ruins. Ironically, the people who had come to rescue Caen from German occupation were also the same people who caused far more damage to the ancient city than the German occupiers had done. However, by the end of 'Operation Goodwood' the city was freed of German control and for the civilians who lived in Caen, they had their city back. It may have been extensively damaged, but it was under French control one again.1st Btn Welsh Guards diary note for the 19th July."We linked up with 3 Squadron of 2nd Armoured Recce Battalion WELSH GUARDS under Major CONSETT who stayed with us for most of the rest of the day.Change of plan now became the order of the day and the Commanding Officer’s carefully conceived Operation Order immediately became inoperative.We first took up a sort of pivot position behind a railway and it was here that Prince of Wales Company, to Major MILLER’s great joy took our first Prisoners: one Czech and the other from DUISBURG and both only too ready to talk.The Battalion moved on from there to its original debussing point above CAGNY, and Prince of Wales and No, 2 Companies straight away put in an attack on the little town which it was considered might still contain enemy elements: it did and both Companies made a nice bag of Prisoners most of them eager to give themselves up after the morning’s heavy bombing.The remainder of the Battalion then moved forward to the pivot area on foot. By this time it was about 2300 hours and the transport then came up amid a galaxy of tracer, parachute flares and all the rest of it.However, nothing was hit and after a certain amount of difficulty all the transport reached their correct Companies, and the Battalion spent most of the rest of the night digging in interspersed with diving for cover whenever ‘moaning minnie’ made her all too frequent appearance."</blockquote>

Verificación: Libertador de Argentina