Cheers! thank you for the information.
You asked about the 12 SS Panzer Hitler youth Division.
The toughest fighters we ever came across, and it was just our luck to come in contact with them damn near all the time. Where ever we went, there was the bloody 12 SS. I respected them for great courage under tremendous fire. But they did shoot our men in cold blood and that is unforgivable.

But they fought like Tigers, what annoyed me most was, that they fought on after they were defeated.
If I was asked who were the toughest in Normandy then I would have to say, without hesitation. The 12 SS Hitler Youth Panzer Division. what a pity they soured their reputation with their killing prisoners. Especially as it created an atmosphere where no prisonesr where taken for a while. In fact I think that their deeds cost the German Infantry many lives. many that would have been saved were it not for that bit of stupidity.
Sapper Brian.