Operation Luttich in World War II
The Battle of Normandy was critical to the Allied victory in WWII; but had it not been for one more critical battle, history could have been different.
D-Day forever changed the course of World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, it liberated France and the rest of Western Europe. However, Rudy Passera of Normandy American Heroes, explains that what sustained the victories won during the Battle of Normandy, was the Allied defense against Operation Luttich, a counterattack by the Axis army. After the Battle of Normandy, the Axis army launched Operation Luttich, a counterattack, to block the flow of supplies to the Third US Army as well as to a considerable portion of the First US Army. The Allied defense of Hill 314 in Mortain in France by the 30th Infantry Division of the Allied army, thwarted the counterattack, causing the Axis army to progressively retreat and to their ultimate defeat.
Rudy Passera of Normandy American Heroes offers historical tours of World War II battle sites in Europe, both the most noteworthy ones and also those with interesting stories that most don’t visit.