Without leadership,C Company retreats to the mound. They have lost 85 out of 106 men....
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Without leadership,
C Company retreats to the mound. They have lost 85 out of 106 men. General Bernard Montgomery's
stated goal at Caen was to draw in German troops to kill, wound or capture as many as possible. A war of attrition. But the campaign to capture Caen proves costly to everyone involved. Allied aerial bombing to
support Operation Charnwood began the night before, on July 7th
C Company retreats to the mound. They have lost 85 out of 106 men. General Bernard Montgomery's
stated goal at Caen was to draw in German troops to kill, wound or capture as many as possible. A war of attrition. But the campaign to capture Caen proves costly to everyone involved. Allied aerial bombing to
support Operation Charnwood began the night before, on July 7th
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Without leadership,
C Company retreats to the mound.
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They have lost 85 out of 106 men.
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General Bernard Montgomery's
stated goal at Caen
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was to draw in German troops to kill,
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wound or capture as many as possible.
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A war of attrition.
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But the campaign to capture Caen
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proves costly to everyone involved.
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Allied aerial bombing to
support Operation Charnwood
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began the night before, on July 7th.
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Movie Summary
As the end of WWII approaches, diehard Nazi forces fight to the end to stop Allied armies from freeing Europe.
