As Omaha Beach erupted in fire and chaos, Hinrich Severloh kept the last functioning MG42 at WN62 firing into the waves of American troops. Ordered to retreat by his lieutenant, he abandoned the ...
At only 20 years old, Heinrich Severloh manned an MG42 on WN62 overlooking Omaha Beach. For nine brutal hours, he fired into the largest amphibious assault in history as more than 34,000 Americans ...