Chronology of World War II

Monday, June 26

Young SS Officer Captured by VIII Corps

Young <i>SS</i> Officer Captured by VIII Corps — During Phase I of Operation EPSOM, codename GOUT, soldiers of the 6th Battalion Scots Fusiliers, performing a sweep behind the grenadiers of the SS-Pz.Grd.Rgt.26, in the village of Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, west of Caen, Normandy. June 26, 1944.