Heinrich Severloh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German soldier
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Place of Birth: Eldingen, Germany
About Heinrich Severloh
- Heinrich Severloh (23 June 1923 – 14 January 2006) was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division stationed in Normandy in 1944.
- He became infamous for a memoir WN 62 – Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach Normandie, 6.
- Juni 1944, published in 2000.
- This book is noted for the authors' claim that as a machine gunner, Severloh inflicted over 1,000 and maybe over 2,000 casualties to the American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
- Subsequent to the book being published, some have referred to Severloh as "The Beast of Omaha." However, Severloh's claim is not viewed as credible by either US or German historians.
- Total US casualties (killed, wounded, and missing) from all sources along the five-mile length of Omaha Beach on D-Day are estimated at about 2,400.
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