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Campaign synopsis :

The operation Hakker-Houxvert is the result of the co-ordination between American, British and French forces. Its purpose was to break German morale through a series of raids and guerilla attacks during the invasion of Normandie, in June 1944.

It was named after Irish officer Jeremy Hakker and high ranking French resistant Raymond Houxvert who carefully planned, well ahead, this enterprise, aimed at

potential strategic targets, resulting in several distinct missions. These were carried out by exceptional men and contributed to the allied victory in the battle of Normandie. Being of such a secretive nature any information on this operation is really, really, REALLY hard to find in the history books…

Mission 4  : K.A.R.D.I.A.C. Offensive

July 19^th 1944, 0900 h.

The first three missions of the Hakker-Houxvert planning drew the Germans’ attention away from the preparations for a far greater attack. It combined two major assaults : one by British and American forces codenamed

K.A.R. (KILL ALL REICHMEN),

the other one by Canadian and French forces codenamed

D.I.A.C. (DÉGAGEZ IMMONDES ALLEMANDS CRUELS).

The K.A.R.D.I.A.C. Offensive struck with such force that it routed the Germans.

The H-H endeavor came at a terrible price but paid off in the end.

posted by yann the [19/11/2015]