- Werner Pluskat
Werner Pluskat was a German
Major , commander of the 352nd Artillery (Artillerie Abteilung) of the German 352nd Infantry Division during Allied invasion inNormandy 1944 .He was the first German officer who saw Allied invasion fleet on
June 6 , 1944, heading toward their landing zone atOmaha Beach . His men fired their guns on Omaha Beach until they ran out of ammunition.In the film "The Longest Day", about the D-day invasion, Pluskat was a military consultant. In the movie, he was portrayed by
Hans Christian Blech .Pluskat was with Generalleutnant
Kurt Dittmar when they surrendered to soldiers of the U.S. 30th Infantry Division atMagdeburg on23 April ,1945 .ee also
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Battle of Normandy
*The Longest Day (film) http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/omaha/duits.htmExternal links
* [http://www.omaha-beach.org/The%20Beach/TheBeach.html All About Omaha Beach]
* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/gaz/longues.html The Batterie at Longues sur Mer]
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