The Super Tank That Almost Made D-Day Never Happen
On July 30, 1944, in Normandy, a unit of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade, equipped with Churchill tanks, became isolated from their infantry. Developed for even the most rugged of terrains, these tanks had already proved their resilience time and time again from Dieppe to North Africa and Italy. They moved through the dense countryside, lone and vulnerable, unaware the newest tracked weapon of the German Army lay in wait. Three Jagdpanthers, each armed with a formidable 88-mm gun, were on the prowl. Developed just in time for the Normandy operations, these menacing machines had received the Fuhrer’s personal seal of approval. Hidden, the Jagdpanthers prepared to ambush the Churchill tanks, ready to prove that while the invasion of northern France was well underway, Germany would not back down just yet. With this, the landscape near St. Martin de Bois witnessed the most concentrated infantry tank action in the entire war. – Credit to : Dark Docs