Accidental Tourist
Haunted by WW2 history in France
Visiting the site where his grandfather was ambushed by enemy troops during the Second World War was an emotional experience for Paul Ash
16 June 2019 - 00:01
On August 18 1944, a Jeep carrying three journalists and their French guide was ambushed by German tanks near the little village of Beaumont-les-Autels, deep in the heavily wooded, hedgerow country in Normandy. A brief spatter of gunfire and it was all over...
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