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Oral History Excerpt from Artillery Unit 1154 Veteran
A former commander recalls being moved from the Eastern front to Av ranches with officers. He describes inexperienced troops facing Allied air and naval power during the Cherbourg invasion and the low morale after July 20, 1944. He details retreat through Normandy, heavy casualties on August 11, and eventual return to Germany to command a reformed unit in the East before the war ended in May 1945.
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Avranches
Berlin
Cherbourg
Normandy
Atlantic Wall
Rommel
von Rundstedt
Russia
Messerschmitt
Spain
Hitler
Germany
Leibstandarte
Holland
Czechoslovakia