Summary: The scene of bitter fighting between the 7th Armoured Division and elements of the 2nd Panzer Division and I SS Panzer Korps on June 13th 1944 and heavily bombed since then, Villers- Bocage falls into the hands of the 59th (Staffordshire) Division.
Description: Troops and vehicles from 197th Brigade enter the ruined and deserted town in the evening of August 4th.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Watkins, R V (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 59 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 176 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
Keywords: Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
Normandy, France (geography)
Villers-Bocage, Calvados, France (geography)
