Hill 62
The Hill 62 is a small hill on the southeastern edge of Ypres , which in World War I played a strategic role. Today Hill 62 is a Canadian memorial .
history
Hill 62 lay within the Ypres arch , the front line that shifted only slightly over four years. Hill 62 is located in Sanctuary Wood on the top of Mount Sorrel. Hill 62 was mainly held by the Canadian Expeditionary Force and wrested from the German army in an offensive operation in early June 1916 after the Second Battle of Flanders in the battle of Mont Sorrel . The hill also played an important role in the Third and Fourth Battles of Flanders .
location
The Canadian Hill 62 Memorial Grounds are located at the southwest end of the wooded area known by the British as Sanctuary Wood in the Zillebeke district of Ypres, at the end of the Canadalaan . A few hundred meters north is the Sanctuary Wood CWGC Cemetery and halfway between the two is the Hill 62 Sanctuary Wood Museum , which is open all year round.
literature
- Hans Wegener : The history of the 3rd Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 172. Edited from the official war diaries and reports from fellow combatants. Sporn, Zeulenroda (Thuringia) 1934.
- Werner Bernhard Sendker: Fallen in Flanders fields. Germans and their relationship to the First World War. 2nd, completely revised and greatly expanded edition. Der Andere Verlag, Tönningen et al. 2005, ISBN 3-89959-366-9 .
- Jan Vancoillie: De Duitse militaire begraafplaats Menen forest. Geschiedenis van de Duitse militaire graven van de Eerste Wereldoorlog in Zuid-West-Vlaanderen. J. Vancoillie, Wevelgem 2013 ISBN 978-90-8210-390-8 .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Sanctuary Wood Museum (Hill 62) on greatwar.co.uk .
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 57 ′ E