Normandy 1944: Operation Martlet

Angus Wallace covers Operation Martlet — the 49th (West Riding) Division's fight to secure Rauray Spur and protect the western flank before Epsom could launch. The episode gets into the tactical problem of attacking well-sited German positions on commanding ground, the role of 12th SS Panzer Division in the defence, and why this overlooked preliminary operation mattered for the broader breakout from Normandy. A properly done battle episode on a fight that usually gets a paragraph in the Epsom narrative.