Please note this event will be live at the East Manchester History and Gaming Centre, Knivton Street, Godley, Hyde, SK14 2PU. Click here for the exact location.

The initial success of Operation BLUECOAT, saw the 6th Guards Tank Brigade punching a hole through the German lines. They then formed a hard left shoulder, allowing the 11th Armoured and Guards Armoured Divisions to exploit behind the German lines.

Unfortunately, for the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards, this was not without serious losses, which resulted in S Squadron, one of the three in the battalion, needing to be withdrawn to reform following their losses on Hill 226. At the beginning of August, the battalion operated with just two squadrons until S Squadron rejoined at the end of the first week of August.

August, saw hard fighting for the villages of ESTRY and CHÊNEDOLLÉ as 6GTB fought towards the main German line of defence interspersed with time for rest and relaxation; something denied to the Germans as they sought to hold back the full might of the Allied armies.

This talk will take us through August 1944 which started with the Allied armies still battering at the Germans who were still holding their defence lines strongly, and ended with the German army in headlong retreat back towards Germany, pursued by the Allied armies, finally breaking out in hot pursuit.

Colin Foster has been researching the Scots Guards for many years and is the author of a book about the Battalion covering their initial battle in Normandy.

All are welcome and a lively discussion is guaranteed!

Admission £5 per attendee including tea/coffee and biscuits

Please note this eventwill be live at the East Manchester History and Gaming Centre, Knivton Street, Godley, Hyde, SK14 2PU. Click here for the exact location.

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