Operation Spring – Defence Overprint, July 1944 Sketch or those with a family

or those with a family connection to D-Day

Printed on 175 gsm premium fine-art paper

Produced during the Second World War to drive enlistment in the Canadian Army Active Force

Displays defensive layouts

showing German strongpoints

Operation Spring – Defence Overprint, July 1944 Sketch or those with a familyThe costly Canadian assault on Verrires Ridge. This original defence overprint map depicts the German defensive positions encountered by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during Operation Spring the failed attempt to seize Verrires Ridge south of Caen in July 1944. The map reveals the complexity of the battlefield, showing German strongpoints, trench systems, and fortified positions dominating the ridge. Among the most tragic actions of the operation