維萊博卡日之戰(Battle of Villers-Bocage)是發生在第二次世界大戰的諾曼第戰役中的一場戰鬥,日期是1944年6月13日, 交戰雙方是英軍第7裝甲師的先頭部隊和德軍第101黨衛軍重坦克營及裝甲教導師一部。此戰發生時,英軍剛在維萊博卡日鎮戰鬥了一天,沒有經歷嚴重的損失正在休整。卡昂是雙方眼中諾曼第戰役成敗的關鍵,自D日起德軍就在該城外設立了防線,6月9日英軍兩次進攻試圖奪取該城都失敗了,而同時南方的美軍成功地打開了防線缺口,於是一支由第7裝甲師22裝甲旅組成的坦克步兵和炮兵混合縱隊從此通過向維萊博卡日鎮迂迴前進。英國指揮官希望以此迫使德軍從卡昂城西的道路上後撤,當時那裡的德軍主要是裝甲教導師。
I. Zug (1st platoon) made up of Tigers 211 (SS-Obersturmführer Jürgen Wessel), 212 (SS-UnterscharführerBalthasar Woll), 213 (SS-Hauptscharführer Hans Höflinger) and 214 (SS-Unterscharführer Karl-Heinz Warmbrunn); II. Zug (2nd platoon) made up of Tigers 221 (SS-Untersturmführer Georg Hantusch), 222 (SS-Unterscharführer Kurt Sowa), 223 (SS-OberscharführerJürgen Brandt) and 224 (SS-Unterscharführer Ewald Mölly); and III. Zug (3rd platoon) made up of Tigers 231 (SS-Standartenoberjunker Heinz Belbe), 232 (SS-Unterscharführer Kurt Kleber) 233 (SS-Oberscharführer Georg Lötsch) and 234 (SS-Unterscharführer Herbert Stief).[57]
三輛都被魏特曼擊毀的說法被推翻了。 Daniel Taylor在《戰役之後》雜誌上發表文章說:「第三輛坦克被擊毀的地方也許並不完全如我原先所想的」[85] Walter Allen也支持他,說第三輛M5是被擊毀在別處:「當興德旅長乘上他的偵察車時他發話說要不惜一切代價守住鎮子。艾爾德少校於是忙著去準備防禦,一些女王團的步兵帶著反坦克炮到達了,這些乘著坦克的步兵在通往廣場的道路邊散開來。在南方西蒙斯中尉負責著一群甜心(M5坦克)的成員,他的坦克被迫擊炮敲掉了於是他將巡邏隊撤了回來。」這些證詞說明魏在鎮外的戰鬥是得到了友軍支援的。[86]
一些歷史學家錯誤認為米歇爾魏特曼參加了之後213高地的戰鬥及下午的反攻,Carlo D』Este描述了在與B中隊的一輛螢火蟲交手後他撤出鎮子"進入鎮東南的樹林" 並且"重新補彈加油"並進一步說魏特曼重新發起了對213高地的進攻和對鎮子的第二次進攻。[115] Anthony Beevor 認為魏攻擊了B中隊,在對方未能反應之時回到了213高地「了結與A中隊的戰鬥」[16]但這些說法都被魏特曼的個人回憶(在鎮中被擊毀然後徒步來到裝甲教導師那兒)所反駁了。[78] 迪特里希支持這種說法,認為魏特曼徒步離開鎮子後又坐車返回了213高地,[116] Beevor, Max Hastings, 和迪特里希都認為魏參加了下午奪回鎮子的反攻。Beevor說他和重坦營二連一起行動,而迪特里希說他和一連在一起。[16][116][117] George Forty反對迪特里希的說法,說「一個象莫比烏斯這樣的有能力有經驗的SS上尉(當時他是一連的指揮官)為什麼要讓位於一個儘管是專家卻比他低階的軍官,讓他帶領自己的部隊?」[113] Beevor的關於二連坦克一道參與了一連的行動的說法被史學家Michael Reynolds反駁了,後者寫道魏特曼「那時離鎮子極其遠」[118] Daniel Taylor認為是一連的二級突擊隊中隊長漢內斯-菲力普森帶領了這次進攻。[119]並說在向莫比烏斯匯報過後,魏就「飛跑去向……迪特里希報告……以及一群熱心的記者,是他們完成了大部分的故事。」[41]
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