Heinrich Eberbach8 August 1944
Eberbach attempted to contain the Allied breakthrough south of Caen.
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Eberbach attempted to contain the Allied breakthrough south of Caen.
Meyer directed German resistance against the Canadian-led offensive from Caen toward Falaise.
Germany's greatest tank ace of the war is killed in action
Defends the Caen-Falaise road forcing the abandonment of Operation Totalize
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