After the successful Allied landings in Normandy on June 6th, 1944, an almost 3-months long campaign of bitter fighting in Northern France ensured, in which the Allies only managed to break out of the Normandy bridgehead in late July/early August 1944.
A lot of the combat during that period took place in the rural areas of Normandy, in often confusing terrain with densely grown bushes and hedges, which caused many casualties on both sides.
The Allies had around 65,700 deaths, while the Germans had around 50,000 deaths, and an additional 200,000 German soldiers became POWs.
Additionally, the Allies lost around 4,000 tanks and 4,100 aircrafts, compared to around 2,000 tanks and 2,100 aircraft on the German side.
This video shows some German combat footage from Normandy, including advance of German infantry, destroyed Allied tanks and Allied prisoners.
Since this is raw footage, there are no subtitles.
Source :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtWXLMeHaPs
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