America Loved the D-Day Invasion- Here's Why the Nazis Didn't Interest
Warfare History Network WWII History, To what extent did Heinrich Severlohs actions on D-Day warrant the epithet The Beast of Omaha? And how did the days events impact the rest of his life? In the early hours of June 6, 1944, a 20-year-old German soldier hurried to his post at Wiederstandsnest 62 (WN62) overlooking Omaha Beach to man his MG 42 machine gun. Tossed around in the English Channel in front of him were over 34,