Heinrich Severloh

Heinrich “Hein” Severloh, was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division 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, June 6, 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.