Aftermath Second Battle of the Odon

these 2 operations cost british second army 3,500 casualties , no significant gains had been made operations strategically successful in 2nd panzer division , 1st , 10th ss-panzer divisions had been kept in front line , 9th ss panzer division had been recalled reserve. germans had been forced react each threat developed in odon valley. around 2,000 german casualties had been suffered in 2 operations , on 16 july 9thss-panzer division recorded loss of 23 tanks. copp called these operations second battle of odon , wrote 1 of bloodiest encounters of campaign . in 15th division attack, 44th brigade had captured objectives , maintained them, despite ten german counter-attacks, costly defeats. tactics of 181st field regiment ra in support of brigade, had become routine german practice of frequent small counter-attacks, in german infantry had wasted away under british fire power.

zetterling recorded operational state of 10th ss-panzer division on 14 july 16 panzer iv , 12 stug iii , next day panzer iv , stug iii returned service. on 16 july, 9 panzer iv , unknown number of stug iii remained operational. on 17 july, ten panzer iv , 9 stug iii operational; on 18 july, 2 more panzer iv returned repair , number of operational stug iii fell six. 9th ss-panzer division had 19 panzer iv, 38 panther , 16 stug iii operational on 14 july, on 17 july changed 13, 25 , 15 , on 18 july, had recovered 20, 25 , 15. tiger availability in 102nd schwere ss-panzer abteilung 19 on 14 july, on 15 july 19 , on 20 july had fallen 17 operational tigers. records 2nd panzer division sparser , show on 1 july had 85 panzer iv, 21 panther , 12 jagdpanzer iv operational. on 11 august operational state had declined 9 panzer iv, 8 panther , 5 jagdpanzer iv; losses may assumed have occurred during operation pomegranate.

casualties

copp wrote british casualties in operations c. 3,000 men , german defenders had c. 2,000 casualties. casualties in 107th rac 46 men. in 147th rac, squadron returned deep penetration of german defences loss of 6 tanks. b squadron lost 4 tanks , c squadron 1 tank. 15–18 july, 147th rac had 47 casualties. when 153rd rac withdrawn, 96 tank crew had become casualties, twelve tanks had been knocked out , several damaged, leaving 29 tanks operational. in 3 days 34th tank brigade had lost 30 officers , 156 men, 97 tanks still operational, although many damaged tanks had not been repaired during operation , expected return. doherty wrote british casualties c. 3,500 men, 1,000 losses in 15th (scottish) division. 59th division lost 1,250 casualties , took 575 prisoners 276th , 277th infantry divisions, had been supported parts of 2nd panzer , 9th ss-panzer divisions. until 16 july 276th division had 1,000 casualties , lost c. 5,000 more men during remainder of battle of normandy. 277th division lost 1,000 men 13–16 july , c. 4,500 more casualties during rest of battle of normandy.