From the article: World War II 101: An Overview
The largest conflict in history, World War II saw unprecedented losses and forever altered the landscape. Here we invite veterans and those from the home front to share their experiences about this global conflict. This is a place for all those involved to communicate their personal stories and those of family members who may not have made it home. World War II - Your Story
Something that happened...
- I have trouble recounting this one. It has to do with the terrain, and the cross-road objective that at this point in the Normandy invasion no one knew where any lines or places of embarkment existed. It was a continuous flow of skirmish, with the allies having the upper hand with their damned air superiority... We were on a forested crossroads just north of the Boscage country outside Normandy. The allies established a beachhead, and now breached the Furhers "Fortress Europe". I was sitting beside the road talking with the captain of my panzer-grenadiers while his men filed past us to our assembly point. Walking among these soldiers was a five man panzer crew in black waffen ss tunics. There was only another Panzer unit in this area that was part of the 501st Schwere. They were walking faster then the other men, and obviously heading to their vehicle. Earlier from that direction I had walked through a platoon {four tanks} of heavy Tiger I, camouflaged under some trees on either side
- —Valkyrie801
