The Battle of Normandy

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JUNE 9th, 1944
DAY 4

Situation report
06:00 hrs

St.Mere Eglise



A very successful night both in Etienville and Montebourg sector - some POWs collected at Ftesville ,more are on the way soon Etienville and the heavy bridge near Chef du Pont was destroyed. 243.´s units (A,B) were able to cut-off more Americans and reached the 100 pts objective and the vital bridge over Merderet, which is manned by a Regimental HQ only and few tanks that just arrived here.
Both units are unluckily disrupted, but supported by 88s, 91.Luftlande´s companies © will eliminate the encircled tanks. If the heavy bridges over Merderet could be reached, this would be a big success, around 80% of all American forces on the western bank are disrupted, they´d require help from the outside to save themselves from capture.

Isigny sur Mer



Americans are pushing day and night here, most of my units are disrupted, many even broken. 352. Infantry Division is practically combat ineffective now, as well as the Schnelle.Brig.30. Some limited reinforcements were sent here - StuG.Abt.902 at around 50% of it´s full strenght and one engineer company from the 3.Fallshirmjäger Division.

Balleroy



3.Fallschirmjäger´s forces arriving on trucks to the area, taking positions in Vaubadon. Similar to the west of here, many forces are disrupted here, panzers are requesting ammunition. English tanks reached two bunker strongpoints - Lingevers and Tilly sur Seuelles, these are important positions but are only lightly defended at the moment.

Caen



Heavy fighting continued during the night, some of the villages had to be evacuated, forces at Putot are surrounded, but they will be rescued easily, Bretteville is also facing surrounding, but all Hitlerjugend´s Panthers are covering their back door.

Breville



A diversionary task for a small KG from Panzer Lehr Division - one bridge was built during the night, engineers are now working on another bridge. They are not spotted yet, if the visibility will keep at 2 kms, they could be successful and bring some surprise and chaos into the English back.