Heinrich Severloh

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Heinrich "Hein" Severloh (23 June 1923 – 14 January 2006) was a German soldier in the 352nd Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht stationed in Normandy in 1944. Severloh became notable for his memoir WN 62 – Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach Normandie, 6. Juni 1944 and translated into English as WN 62: A German Soldier’s Memories of the Defence of Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944 in which he claims that, as a machine gunner, he inflicted over 1,000, possibly 2,000, casualties on Allied soldiers landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day. The claims made in his memoir, ghostwritten by Helmut Konrad von Keusgen, first published in 2000 with an expanded edition in 2002, are regarded by historians as implausible, particularly given that total Allied casualties, (killed, wounded, and missing), across the 10 km (6 mile) length of Omaha Beach are estimated at around 2,400.

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