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Lawrence
@WW2Explorer
#WW2 Military History researcher & battlefield guide. Researching 12th Parachute BN (6 AB Div), Battle of Breville, Op Paddle, D-Day & Normandy Campaign. UTV.
Jun 12 • 44 tweets • 31 min read
80 years ago on the evening of Monday 12th June 1944, dusk was beginning to settle over the Breville ridge, following another day of intense fighting for both sides. However, another epic struggle was just about to begin… (🧵)


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Image The village of Breville had proven to be a constant thorn in Major-General Richard ‘Windy’ Gale’s side, with the Germans launching repeated attacks through Breville, as a gap in the line existed here between the 6th Airborne Division and 1st Special Service Brigade…


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Feb 28, 2022 • 35 tweets • 27 min read
Following on from @BattlefieldBen’s excellent threads looking at the earlier stages of the Battle of Breville, we turn to the events of Monday 12th June 1944 and the epic struggle to finally close the Breville gap and thus helping to secure the Allied left flank... The village of Breville had been a constant thorn in General Gale’s side, with the Germans launching repeated attacks through this gap in the line between the 6th Airborne Division and 1st Special Service Brigade…
Jun 12, 2021 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
#DDay77 - #OTD Mon 12 June 1944 - the Breville Gap was finally closed, helping to secure the Allied left flank. The village of Breville had been a constant thorn in General Gale’s side, with the Germans launching repeated attacks through this gap in the line… One attempt to try and capture the village had already been repulsed, it proved a costly failure for the men of the 5th Black Watch. On the night of 12th June, the men of the 12th Parachute Bn and D Coy 12 Devons were handed the unenviable task of taking Breville….
Jun 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#DDay77 - On the way back from the @Nat_Mem_Arb for the D-Day anniversary commemorations on Sunday, I stopped off to pay my respects to the memory of this young man at his @CWGC Grave, just a few days shy of his birthday sadly paid the ultimate sacrifice on 6th June 1944. Image Sgt. Timothy Roland Bishop served with No.48 Royal Marine Commando, which landed on Nan Red Sector near St. Aubin-sur-Mer on Juno Beach and suffered heavy casualties on D-Day. Timothy’s name was just one of 45 whose names make up the Roll of Honour for No.48 RM Cdo on 6 June ‘44. Image
Jun 12, 2020 • 10 tweets • 9 min read
#DDay76 - #OTD Mon 12 June 1944 - the Breville Gap was finally closed, helping to secure the Allied left flank. The village of Breville had been a constant thorn in General Gale’s side, with the Germans launching repeated attacks through this gap in the line between the 6th... ... Airborne Division and 1st Special Service Brigade.

One attempt to try and capture the village had already been repulsed, it proved a costly failure for the men of the 5th Black Watch. On the night of 12th June, the men of the 12th Parachute Bn and D Coy 12 Devons were...
May 28, 2020 • 8 tweets • 6 min read
#Dunkirk80 - ‘Hold to the last round, to the last man.’ Like the Norfolk’s at Le Paradis only 24 hours earlier the 2/Royal Warwicks & gunners of the Royal Cheshire’s had offered fierce resistance and held up the SS Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler Regt. advance for several hours...#OTD even giving its OC Sepp Dietrich a very happy 48th birthday, having his car shot-up and forced to take cover under fire in a ditch for most the day.

Eventually overwhelmed by sheer weight of numbers and German tanks, the SS rounded up many of the survivors...