Michael Wittmann
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Michael Wittmann was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 1
Wittmann in May, 1944
Wittmann receiving the Swords to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross from Adolf Hitler in January 1944
Wittmann's company, 7 June 1944, en route to Morgny. Wittmann is standing in the turret of Tiger 205.
The wreckage of the British transport column Wittmann engaged, including an anti-tank gun in the foreground.
La Cambe German war cemetery
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La Cambe is a Second World War German military war grave cemetery, located close to the American landing beach of Omaha, and 25.5 km north west of Bayeux in Normandy, France. It is the largest German
Michael Wittmann
…buried in an unmarked grave. In 1983, the German War Graves Commission located the burial site. Wittmann and his crew were reinterred together at the La Cambe German war cemetery in France. In 2008 a documentary in the Battlefield Mysteries TV series examined the final battle. A historian, Norm Christie, interviewed participants…
The German military cemetery in La Cambe
Grave of Michael Wittmann with the crew of Tiger 007, La Cambe Cemetery, France.