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Operation Jupiter

July 10^th, 1944

The Odon River Valley Campaign

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Back Ground

The 43^rd Wessex division was a territorial division just recently arrived in Normandy. It had very few veterans, but had spent years training in England. The division played a small role in Operation Epson, but had not seen much actual combat (except for the 1^st Worchester battalion).

Their opponents were the 10^th SS panzer division, a veteran unit brought in from the Russian front. It was able to rest and refit in Holland before being sent to Normandy, but was only around 70% strength. It had no Panther or Assault Gun battalions, although the 102^nd SS Tiger battalion was used as its second tank battalion. The division had been engaged during operation Epson, but not as heavily as its sister division 9^th SS Panzer division.

Order of Battle

Initial British Attack Force

Five battalions of infantry from the 129^th and 130^th Infantry Brigades.

Five squadrons of Churchill tanks from the 7^th and 9^th Royal Tank Regiments

Massive artillery bombardment from the Field Artillery Regiments of four divisions (43^rd, 11^th, 15^th, 53^rd), heavy guns from the 3^rd and 5^th AGRA’s.

Germans Defending Hill 112

Five battalions of grenadiers from the 21st and 22nd Panzer Grenadier Regiments.

Two Pz IV and two Stug Companies from the 10th SS Tank Regiment

Nebelwefers from the 8^th Werfer Brigade

Objectives

Phase One – Take Hill 112, Fontaine and Eterville.

Phase Two – Consolidate positions on Hill 112, Take Maltot

This would trigger the 214^th Brigade assault to secure the Orne river crossings. Which would allow 4^th Armored Brigade to leap across the Odon river into the open tank country and begin the sought after breakout. The Germans knew this and had been resisting all attempts to do this for the last month.

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