Brécourt Manor Assault
| Brécourt Manor Assault | |||||||
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| Part of the American airborne landings in Normandy | |||||||
Brécourt Manor in 2010. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Richard Winters Lynn Compton Ronald Speirs | Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte (Not directly involved) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 101st Airborne Division |
Unidentified German unit No. 6 Battery, Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 191 | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 23 paratroopers |
60 soldiers 4 machine guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4 killed 2 wounded |
20 killed 12 captured 4 howitzers disabled | ||||||
The Brécourt Manor Assault (6 June 1944) during the US parachute assault of the Normandy Invasion of World War II is often cited as a classic example of small-unit tactics and leadership in overcoming a larger enemy force.