Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of the Odon, was a British offensive in the Second World War between 26 and 30 June 1944, during the Battle...

during Operation Jupiter. The 44th Brigade occupied positions along the Odon river, previously held by the 227th Brigade during Operation Epsom. This freed...

Rauray, but the fighting on the Rauray Spur continued during Operation Epsom. Operation Epsom began on 26 June, to capture the high ground south of Caen...

set up at Sainte-Croix-Grand-Tonne to prepare for the forthcoming Operation Epsom. It was to have the following organisation for most of the campaign:...

strength until the end of July 1944. The division's first action, Operation Epsom starting on 26 June, involved following 15th (Scottish) Division's...

Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about 14 miles (22 kilometres) south of central London. The town is first recorded...

late 1940s. The first battle for Hill 112 was fought at the end of Operation Epsom, when the tanks of 11th Armoured Division broke out from a bridgehead...

This is the order of battle for Operation Epsom, a Second World War battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 26 June and 30...

Tilly-sur-Seulles. After a delay because of storms from 17 to 23 June, Operation Epsom began on 26 June, an attempt by VIII Corps to swing around and attack...

July. After a few days to recover from the storm, the British began Operation Epsom on 26 June. The newly arrived VIII Corps (Lieutenant-General Richard...

month with lead elements becoming embroiled in the British offensive Operation Epsom. The only other Waffen-SS unit in France at this time was the 2nd SS...

landed in Normandy after D Day in June 1944 and supported VIII Corps in Operation Epsom (26–30 June). When II SS Panzer Corps counter-attacked on 29 June,...

barrage preceding Operation Epsom. Over 700 guns were assembled to support this attack around the western edge of Caen, but the operation was delayed until...

under Operation Orbital to help train the Armed Forces of Ukraine against further Russian aggression. This operation was succeeded by Operation Interflex...

The attack was to protect the right flank of VIII Corps as it began Operation Epsom, an offensive into the Odon Valley west of Caen, on 26 June. The 50th...

attack was originally intended to take place during the later stages of Operation Epsom, to protect the eastern flank of the main assault but was postponed...

Scottish Borderers 179 Battery supporting 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers Operation Epsom was an attack by the British Second Army, commanded by Lieutenant General...

1944, where it was involved in Operation Epsom and Operation Goodwood. It would later play a supporting role in Operation Market Garden and finish the war...

the Allied Operation Epsom. They spent the rest of July repulsing British attacks against Hill 112 and Hill 113, most notably during Operation Jupiter....

congealed short of the Second Army's objectives. Operation Perch in the week following D-Day and Operation Epsom (26–30 June) brought some territorial gains...

the VIII Corps, was committed to action on 26 June 1944 as part of Operation Epsom. It entered the Scottish 'corridor', opened beforehand by the 15th...

in Epsom Epsom Downs, an area of chalk upland near Epsom Epsom Downs Racecourse, on Epsom Downs Epsom Derby, a prestigious horse race run on Epsom Downs...

He fought at the Battle of Rauray, to the west of Caen, as part of Operation Epsom, in which the unit he commanded claimed the destruction of 12 Panzer...

Land warfare or ground warfare is the process of military operations eventuating in combat that takes place predominantly on the battlespace land surface...

Atomic Games had already developed several games for Avalon Hill, such as Operation Crusader and Stalingrad. However, with Avalon Hill embroiled in a financial...

the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in...

add its weight to the assault; in particular for the launching of Operation Epsom. The main British objective during the early stages of the campaign...

Division (ODON), a Russian rapid deployment, internal security division Operation Epsom (or the First Battle of the Odon) and the Second Battle of the Odon...

fought in the Battle for Caen, seeing its first action in Operation Epsom, as part of Operation Overlord. The division ended the war on the Elbe River....

17-pounder gun, three loaders standing by with AP ammunition during Operation Epsom, 27 June 1944....