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| Strength | - 2
- 31
- Elements of 1 heavy tank battalion
- One Brigade group
- ~60 tanks
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| Date | |
| Commander | - Fritz Bayerlein
- George Erskine
- Heinz von Westernhagen
- William Hinde
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| Caption | - A British Cromwell observation post tank on Villers-Bocage's main street; one of more than a dozen vehicles destroyed by Michael Wittmann. This tank was commanded by Captain Paddy Victory of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery.
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| Casualties | - 8
- 23
- Several civiliansa
- Unknown total casualties
- ~217 casualties
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| Result | - Operational German victory
- Tactically indecisive
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| Notes | - aMore detailed information is available in the [[#Casualties
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| Place | |
| Source | - Robert Moore
- Sergeant O'Connor, 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Rifle Brigade.
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| Conflict | |
| Quote | - "For Christ's sake get a move on! There's a Tiger running alongside us fifty yards away!"
- "Bill Cotton, sheltering under an umbrella, remonstrated with the French Fire Brigade for attempting to put out a fire in a disabled German Mk IV tank."
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