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  • Battle of Villers-Bocage
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Strength
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 31(xsd:integer)
  • Elements of 1 heavy tank battalion
  • One Brigade group
  • ~60 tanks
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Date
  • 1944-06-13(xsd:date)
Commander
  • Fritz Bayerlein
  • George Erskine
  • Heinz von Westernhagen
  • William Hinde
Align
  • left
  • right
Caption
  • A British Cromwell observation post tank on Villers-Bocage's main street; one of more than a dozen vehicles destroyed by Michael Wittmann. This tank was commanded by Captain Paddy Victory of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery.
Width
  • 20.0
Casualties
  • 8(xsd:integer)
  • 23(xsd:integer)
  • Several civiliansa
  • Unknown total casualties
  • ~217 casualties
Result
  • Operational German victory
  • Tactically indecisive
Notes
  • aMore detailed information is available in the [[#Casualties
Place
  • Villers-Bocage, France
Source
  • Robert Moore
  • Sergeant O'Connor, 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Rifle Brigade.
Conflict
  • Battle of Villers-Bocage
Quote
  • "For Christ's sake get a move on! There's a Tiger running alongside us fifty yards away!"
  • "Bill Cotton, sheltering under an umbrella, remonstrated with the French Fire Brigade for attempting to put out a fire in a disabled German Mk IV tank."
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