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CHOUAIN
Jérusalem Calvados
- 12 km south-east of Bayeux
The Panzer-Lehr Division arrived in Normandy
After the liberation of Bayeux, General Graham launched on 8 June
toward Villers-Bocage the 200 tanks of the 8th Armoured Brigade and
the infantry of the 151st Brigade. Facing them, one regiment of the
352nd Infantry Division, the Germans collapsed under the bulk of the
British armoured. In the evening, the British reached Saint-Pierre
near Tilly-sur-Seulles, and Chouain was liberated. But on 9 June,
a new crack armoured division arrived in the area : the Panzer-Lehr
Division. The Germans counter-attacked at once in the same time as
the Allied Forces. Five kilometers short of Bayeux, General Bayerlein
was ordered to break off. The division renewed the attack toward Tilly-sur-Seulles,
they tok back Chouain. The fighting turned finally to the advantage
of the 8th Brigade Sherman, the panzer were stopped on hill 103. Chouain
was liberated again by the British. The Germans withdrew and established
a defense line around Tilly-sur-Seulles.
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British Cemetery
