Hill 262

Hill 262 or Mont Ormel ridge, nicknamed The Mace (elevation 262 metres (860 ft)), was the location of a pivotal engagement fought as part of the wider battle of the Falaise pocket during the Normandy Campaign of the Second World War. The German Seventh Army had become surrounded by the Allies near the town of Falaise, and with its commanding view of the area the Mont Ormel ridge sat astride the Germans' only escape route. Polish forces seized the... more
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