5616 x 3744 px | 47,5 x 31,7 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 settembre 2015
Ubicazione:
Normandy, France
Altre informazioni:
Shortly after midnight on June 6th 1944, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division were dropped into Normandy. These would be the first allied troops to land in France at the start of the D-Day invasion; they were tasked with capturing Carentan. Standing between the 101st and the town was a heavily defended German position near the village of Saint Come Du Mont. This small village was occupied by elite German paratroopers (Fallschirmjagers) who were ordered to hold off the Americans at all costs. On June 8th, the area surrounding a road intersection witnessed fierce fighting. Now that light tank support had arrived, the armour pushed forward. As the first American tank approached, it was hit by a German Panzerfaust and disabled; it's crew killed by the explosion. As the Germans managed to keep hold of this area, the tank, together with the dead commander hanging from the turret, remained there for several days. The American soldiers would refer to this area as "the corner with the dead guy"; later, this was shortened to "Dead Man's Corner". It has been remembered as such ever since.
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