The 2nd and the 99th Infantry Divisions defending Elsenborn Ridge, along with the 1st Division to the south and the 78th Division in the north, were the only Allied units that completely stopped the German's main axis of advance during the Battle of the Bulge.
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It moved swiftly southwest from its start point near Banja Luka, and had reached aavica ( at a crossroads halfway between Mrkonji Grad and Klju ) by the evening of 25 May, brushing off the 16th Krajina Brigade of the 39th Krajina Division deployed on the right flank of its axis of advance.
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Now, only XXXIII Corps was to continue the attack into the Shwebo Plain, reinforced by the one division of IV Corps which had been committed across the Chindwin, while the main body of IV Corps was switched to the right flank, changing its axis of advance to the Gangaw Valley west of the Chindwin.
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The advantages of this axis of advance were the shorter distances that had to be covered, a withdrawal line, sea side support from the Chilean navy, water supply ( from Lurin ), less requirement to train the troops and, as important, less need for complex Chilean discipline to control any advance and subsequent attack.
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However, it was soon realised that VIII Corps would not be able to assemble within the small perimeter of the Orne bridgehead and the following day the plan was revised . was to commence one day before Epsom with XXX Corps'49th ( West Riding ) Infantry Division and the 8th Armoured Brigade securing VIII Corps'flank by capturing the high ground on the right of their axis of advance.
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His Tiger I tank has been said to have been knocked out by fire from a British Sherman from the SFR . At the time no special importance was placed on the engagement; modern investigations and interviews suggest that British Tpr Joe Ekins of 3 Tp, A Sqn, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry in a Sherman Vc Firefly was probably too far away from a recorded A Sqn SFR position in a walled farm compound which was broadside to the German platoon's axis of advance.
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