Canadian Memorial at Hill 67, Verrieres Ridge Normandy

http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2003/09/canadian-battlefields-in-france-recognized/ ...Nestled in a rolling valley where narrow farm lanes and secondary roads converge to cross the meandering Dives River, the village–approximately 20 kilometres south of Falaise–was of vital importance to the Allies and to the Germans during World War II. In August 1944 it was where German forces–numbering in the thousands–were trying to escape eastward through a narrow gap in the Falaise Pocket. It was also where Major David Currie of the South Alberta Regiment earned the Victoria Cross. On June 8, the foundation, which is committed to educating people about Canada’s wartime contributions, established a battlefield viewing area or belvedere on the slope just north of the village. Earlier that day, the foundation unveiled a plaque at another historic, but largely forgotten location south of the Normandy capital of Caen. Referred to as Point 67, the hill overlooking the village of St-André-sur-Orne was the northern spur of Verrières Ridge, which in July 1944 was the key to the German defences south of Caen. ....