Here my latest addition to my Documentcollection. Originalsignature of Fritz Bayerlein. I did not research it yet, but i think at this time the Panzerlehr did fight around Caen.
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congratulations ...
very nice document.
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about panzer-lehr-regiment 130 just find out this ... as part of the panzer-lehr-division fighting in the normandie those days .... not Caen but St. Lô battles.
"Over the next two weeks the division fought a defensive battle of attrition against the numerically superior Allied forces. On July 19, St. Lô fell to the Americans. Six days later the Americans launched Operation Cobra, their breakout from the Normandy lodgement. The operation was preceded by a massive aerial bombardment by over 2,000 allied bombers. Panzer Lehr was directly in the path of attack, and the division suffered heavily during this bombardment.
The seriously depleted Panzer Lehr could not hope to halt the 140,000 man assault, so on August 5, after a fighting withdrawal, it was ordered back to Alençon for rest and refitting. A battle group dubbed Kampfgruppe von Hauser was formed from the remaining battle-ready men and tanks, and this unit remained in combat. Later, when Kampfgruppe Hauser pulled back towards Fontainbleu to rest and refit, division commander Bayerlein ordered the rest of the division to follow.
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http://es.geocities.com/creudeferroLast edited by pep; 04-08-2008, 03:23 PM.
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