Information Panel Rue du Général Eisenhower

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At the end of the morning on June 6th, a German light vehicle entered the square, arriving from the beach where Wehrmacht survivors were being pushed back under American fire. A shot rang out. The German soldier sitting in the back collapsed. The driver stopped and, without looking back, called out: "Bernhardt? Bernhardt?". lady from the village came out and leaned over Bernhardt, he was dead. His comrade stood up from his seat. He was picked off by a bullet and died a slow and agonizing death. The snipers were American paratroopers perched to the church tower.

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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Koos Winkelman