Hill 314 near Mortain was crucial in stopping the german advance towards Avranches in operation Luttich. The Das Reich retook Mortain but the lost battalion on the heights of hill 314 could direct artiellery onto the german troops.
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Cobra
00:32 Patton
01:15 1st Division takes Mortain
01:28 Goodwood
02:49 Luttich plan
04:15 Enigma machine
06:50 Abbaye Blanche attacked
09:00 Hill 314 surrounded
09:36 St Barthelemy attacked
12:19 Panzer tank barrel in garden
12:33 Mesnil Tove
13:40 Mesnil Adelée
17:20 Typhons attack
20:00 Artillery observers Hill 314
21:30 Captured german scouts tell of Gun emplacements.
22:30 Neufbourg Station german panzers destroyed
23:15 Junction 278
24:15 Local shows me battle damage
25:30 Air drop supplies on to hill 314
26:00 Final attack to retake hill 314
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