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4 unusual facts about Fritz Bayerlein


Fritz Bayerlein

During the allied break out attempt allied carpet bombing near the French village of Saint-Lô decimated the division.

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Bayerlein aided the Archbishop of Hungary, Cardinal Serédi in Budapest, in his efforts to stop the deporting of Jews in the Panzer Lehr Division sector.

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The remnants of Panzer Lehr Division slipped out of the Falaise pocket and moved east toward Vire in August 1944.

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When Rommel left Tunisia in March 1943, after the failed attack at Medenine (Operation Capri), Bayerlein was appointed German liaison officer under the new commander, Giovanni Messe: in practice, Bayerlein acted as he saw fit, disregarding the Italian's orders.



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