Heinrich Severloh
German soldier
Died when: 82 years 205 days (990 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Heinrich "Hein" Severloh (23 June 1923 – 14 January 2006) was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division stationed in Normandy in 1944.He became famous for a memoir WN 62 – Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach Normandie, 6.
Juni 1944, published in 2000.In the book, the authors claim that as a machine gunner, Severloh inflicted over 1,000 and possibly over 2,000 casualties to the American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
However, Severloh's claim is not viewed as credible by either US or German historians.Total US casualties (killed, wounded, and missing) from all sources along the five-mile length of Omaha Beach on D-Day are estimated at 2,400.
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