Books photos about executed POWS June 1944

[Mark W. Tonner]

Putot - 8 Jun 44:

Source: Grenadiers, by Kurt Meyer, P. 124:

"An attack by the II/26th Regiment from the direction of Le Mesnil and Patry, leads to the trapping and annihilation of three companies of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in Putot en Bessin. The Canadian 9th Brigade orders the Canadian Scottish Regiment to counter-attack, pushing back the II/26th with heavy losses to a position just south of Putot. The III/26th stands ready to defend the railway embankment in Bronay."