| |
AUDRIEU
Calvados
- 18 km west of Caen
The
great German offensive toward Bayeux
On 7 June 1944, General Fritz Bayerlein arrived on the Normandy front,
he commanded the Panzer Lehr-Division. On 9 June, he was ordered to
seize back Bayeux and to drive the British back to the sea. The 50th
British Infantry Division took on the punch of the German tanks massive
attack. The British infantry was overwhelmed, but General Bayerlein
was soon given a counter-order, the offensive toward Bayeux was stopped.
The Panzer Lehr-Division moved in another departure area, and the
assault was renewed. Chouain and Audrieu were captured, but this time,
General Graham's tanks stopped on hill 103 the onrush of German panzers.
During the night of 9-10 June, the Panzer Lehr-Division broke off
and took a layback position. The German's withdrawal left the town
clear.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royal
Winnipeg Rifles monument
