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4 documents pour « Franz Gockel ».
Witness accounts · German servicemen
Franz Gockel recalls the alert and fighting at WN 62 on 6 June 1944, offering a German soldier's personal account from the Colleville strongpoint.
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Franz Gockel recalls service with the 726th Infantry Regiment at Colleville before the landings, including billets, letters home and contact with residents.
Read the document →Places · Colleville-sur-Mer
An introduction to Colleville-sur-Mer in June 1944 leads into dossiers on German strongpoints, Allied assault plans, the fighting and the village afterwards.
Read the document →The landings · German defences
Maps, photographs and commentary outline German units, command posts and artillery positions around Vierville and the wider Omaha Beach area.
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