Heinrich severloh autobiography of benjamin v

Post a Comment. When in the dawn of June 6, , the western Allies opened their offensive against the Atlantic Wall on the coast of Normandy, with 7, ships and 13, airplanes, Severloh, the machine-gunner who became the German most feared by the Americans, was posted at Strongpoint WN He fired at the G. In a moving and unsparing account, Heinrich Severloh describes the dramatic hours during which 34, G.

Many internationally-known military historians, as well as the press and television, have immortalized Severloh in the history of warfare. Until the publication of this sad confession, Americans had never known the name of the one who, in large measure, caused the landing to become this awful slaughterhouse.

Heinrich severloh autobiography of benjamin v: The first thing that struck

This memoir, in collaboration with Helmut Konrad Baron Keusgen, a writer for military history, is an extremely thrilling factual account with precise descriptions of the immediate area of the assault. It provides an additional point of view of the events of his dramatic day, and presents the relations of the French and the Germans in a different light..

It is told with violent emotion and unvarnished truth. Severloh clarifies uncompromisingly spurious moral values and ideologies, and questions hitherto prevailing official statements. Available from: Amazon.