Combat Mission : In the Shadow of the Hill - Part 1 & 2

Ninth video in the series looking at the Commonwealth forces involved in Operation Overlord.
D+,34 Operation JUPITER, 130th Infantry Brigade take on the lower ground to the south-east of Hill 112. Missions 1 & 2 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment 5-7am

Normandy: Hill 112 - The battle of the Odon - by Tim Saunders
Hill 112: The Key to defeating Hitler in Normandy Hardcover by Tim Saunders
Colossal Cracks: Montgomery'S 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 (Stackpole Military History Series) by Stephen Ashley Hart
Monty's Men : The British Army and the Liberation of Europe by John Buckley

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:37 Background to Hill 112 and Operation Jupiter
08:39 Mission 1 planning
09:50 Artillery interlude
11:00 Commonwealth approach
15:51 CONTACT!
18:09 Post mission report
19:52 Actual events
20:58 Mission 2 planning
24:04 Mission 2 starts
31:59 Post mission report
35:04 Actual events