700 Americans Were Surrounded at Hill 314 - Their Artillery Kept Firing for Six Days
WW2 Chester
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In August 1944, during the Battle of Mortain, roughly 700 men of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment were cut off on Hill 314 as German forces launched Operation Lüttich toward Avranches. With roads severed, supplies dwindling, and no secure ground link to friendly lines, the defenders kept their radios working and used forward observers to call artillery onto German approaches below. This video follows the six-day siege, the fight to protect the observation posts and communications network, the failed resupply attempts, and the relief effort that finally broke the encirclement on August 12, showing how an isolated infantry battalion remained connected to artillery even while physically surrounded.
Sources:
https://www.nationalguard.mil/Resourc...
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journ...
https://history.army.mil/Publications...
https://www.ww2online.org/view/frankl...
https://www.europeafrica.army.mil/New...
#WWII #WorldWarII #BattleOfMortain #Hill314 #OperationLuttich #Normandy #120thInfantry #30thInfantryDivision #MilitaryHistory #USArmy #WW2History #HistoryDocumentary
700 Americans Were Surrounded at Hill 314 - Their Artillery Kept Firing for Six Days
WW2 Chester
298 views
In August 1944, during the Battle of Mortain, roughly 700 men of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment were cut off on Hill 314 as German forces launched Operation Lüttich toward Avranches. With roads severed, supplies dwindling, and no secure ground link to friendly lines, the defenders kept their radios working and used forward observers to call artillery onto German approaches below. This video follows the six-day siege, the fight to protect the observation posts and communications network, the failed resupply attempts, and the relief effort that finally broke the encirclement on August 12, showing how an isolated infantry battalion remained connected to artillery even while physically surrounded.
Sources:
https://www.nationalguard.mil/Resourc...
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journ...
https://history.army.mil/Publications...
https://www.ww2online.org/view/frankl...
https://www.europeafrica.army.mil/New...
#WWII #WorldWarII #BattleOfMortain #Hill314 #OperationLuttich #Normandy #120thInfantry #30thInfantryDivision #MilitaryHistory #USArmy #WW2History #HistoryDocumentary