A young man's war - 5
June 10 to June 18 - Stiff German resistance slows the Allied advance towards Cherbourg so 30 Assault Unit goes hunting for intelligence treasure and targets - radars and rockets.
08 July 2020
After their landing on June 10, 30 AU scoured the Cherbourg peninsula gathering intelligence but they were not yet advancing on their primary target in Cherbourg.
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was still waiting to make their way north towards Cherbourg as the German defence was active and well prepared and slowing the Allied attack. While stalled in their advance, 'A', 'B' and 'X' Troops sought out their secondary targets of naval and air radar installations of varying range, accuracy and accuity as sources for intelligence gathering. Little of value was found.
Ralph would tell of how the Woolforce group was adopted by a local dog.
It would go along with the patrols and run up and down the narrow lanes of the Normandy bocage.
On one occasion out on patrol, the dog came galloping back down a lane to the troops in a state of some anxiety.
Noting the dog's nervousness, the patrol took cover on the other side of the dense hedgerow and lay in silence as a German motorised patrol rumbled past them.
