WW2 German Original Propaganda Leaflet Normandy
Original WW2 German propaganda leaflet dropped on US troops in Normandy 1944 by the Luftwaffe.
Size 5 5/8” x 8 1/2”
Saint-Lô. is west of Caen located in Normandy France.
The Battle of Saint-Lô is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Headgerows, which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, just before Operation Cobra. Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940, and, after the Invasion of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city, as it served as a strategic crossroads. American bombardments caused heavy damage (up to 95% of the city was destroyed) and a high number of casualties, which resulted in the martyr city being called "The Capital of Ruins".
The task of taking control of Saint-Lô was entrusted to the XIX Corps of the First United States Army, as of July 15, 1944.
Original WW2 German propaganda leaflet dropped on US troops in Normandy 1944 by the Luftwaffe.
Size 5 5/8” x 8 1/2”
Saint-Lô. is west of Caen located in Normandy France.
The Battle of Saint-Lô is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Headgerows, which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, just before Operation Cobra. Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940, and, after the Invasion of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city, as it served as a strategic crossroads. American bombardments caused heavy damage (up to 95% of the city was destroyed) and a high number of casualties, which resulted in the martyr city being called "The Capital of Ruins".
The task of taking control of Saint-Lô was entrusted to the XIX Corps of the First United States Army, as of July 15, 1944.
Original WW2 German propaganda leaflet dropped on US troops in Normandy 1944 by the Luftwaffe.
Size 5 5/8” x 8 1/2”
Saint-Lô. is west of Caen located in Normandy France.
The Battle of Saint-Lô is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Headgerows, which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, just before Operation Cobra. Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940, and, after the Invasion of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city, as it served as a strategic crossroads. American bombardments caused heavy damage (up to 95% of the city was destroyed) and a high number of casualties, which resulted in the martyr city being called "The Capital of Ruins".
The task of taking control of Saint-Lô was entrusted to the XIX Corps of the First United States Army, as of July 15, 1944.
