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The Worthington Force was cut off from any possible help when their wireless radios were destroyed during battle.
This Canadian Wireless Set, No.19 Mk. III was designed to provide a high-powered and reliable system of communications in armoured vehicles and trucks in the field.
On August 7 1944, the Allies launched Operation Totalize in order to push south from Caen up to Falaise. Phase 2 of this operation involved the Worthington Force under the command of Colonel D.G. Worthington; it was comprised of the tanks of the British Columbia Regiment and the infantry of the Algonquin Regiment. On their way to capture a high point known as Point 195, the Worthington Force went off course and became disoriented, eventually settling on a section of high ground they mistakenly believed was their objective. They were quickly pinned down there by the 12th Panzer Division (Hitler Jugend). As the tanks of the Worthington Force were gradually incinerated by the heavy 88 mm of the Germans, wireless after wireless was knocked out, leaving the Worthington Force unable to communicate and call for support. The Worthington Force was decimated.