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Villers-Bocage, France 1944
The battle of Villers-Bocage, Normandy took place on the 13th June 1944 just over one week after D-Day.
Early that day, elements of a British armoured regiment and mechanized infantry of 7th Armoured Division approached the French town.
German SS tank commander Michael Wittmann commanded a small force of tanks nearby. He charged his vehicle into the British column, cutting through it and then engaged the British vehicles at very close range. The other tanks of his unit also attacked and added to the British heavy losses.
As Wittmann was leaving Villers-Bocage, his left track was hit by a 6 pounder shell, forcing his tank to stop, still his crew engaged enemy targets in range. Thinking that the Tiger could be repaired later, Wittmann and crew abandoned the tank without destroying it.
https://www.airrecce.co.uk/WW2/imagery/Villers-Bocage/vb.html &
http://www.panzerace.net/biography/normandy-1944/villers-bocage.html
 

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