NormandyVillers-Bocage
The losses were high for the 7th Armoured Division. It lost 378 men, killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Beside the human losses, a lot of material was lost. The 22nd Armoured Brigade lost 20 Cromwell tanks,
4 Sherman Fireflies and 3 M3A3 Stuart tanks. Further more, 28 other vehicles were lost, like Half Tracks, Universal Carriers, Scout Cars etc. of the reconnaissance units. In another village 40 Raf regiment armoured catrs were knocked out by one Panzer, a shell went through five of them.
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