Tiger I heavy tank destroyed in Villers-Bocage, Battle of Normandy

Tiger I heavy tank destroyed in Villers-Bocage, Battle of Normandy

Jul 2, 2016 #Wehrmacht

Tiger heavy tank

 

German Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger I heavy tank №121 from the 101st SS Heavy Tank Battalion of the Nazi Wehrmacht of the Third Reich Forces, which was destroyed by Allied Air Force aircraft in the Battle of  Villers-Bocage, Normandy, shortly after the famous battle when several Tiger I heavy tank crushed a British armored convoy, and one Michael Wittmann destroyed 11 tanks, two anti-tank guns and 13 armored personnel carriers.

The Invasion of Normandy, Western Front of the Second World War in Europe.

 

 

Photography Location: Villers-Bocage, Normandy, France
Time of photo taken: June 1944

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