Lost in Normandy: The Odyssey of Worthington Force, 9 August 1944
Mike Bechthold
Abstract: The standard account of Worthington Force is well known - on 9 August 1944 during Operation Totalize a battlegroup formed by the tanks of the British Columbia Regiment and the infantry of the Algonquin Regiment was ordered to capture Point 195. Unbeknownst to anyone, including the men of Worthington Force, the battlegroup lost its way in the dark and found itself on a different piece of high ground, near Point 140, some six kilometres northeast of their objective. Cut off from any support, Worthington Force was destroyed by concerted German attacks over the course of the day. Based on new archival research and an examination of contemporary aerial photographs, this article will show how the battlegroup lost its way as well as reveal that the battlegroup was not as out of touch as previous accounts have indicated.
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