European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes sunday Juno 5, 1994 a amps John Bohmer British Veteran Alfred Brown Points out a grave Marker at the British War cemetery near Tilly sur Eulles France site of a bloody Seesaw  midst of Hullabaloo germans also remember by Mark Kinkade Normandy Bureau la Cambe France a the Young German soldiers Call a Day ceremonies the a american  a a it a a big Celebration Isnit it a asked 19-year-old Markus Diehl As he sipped German Beer in a French Bistro a a it a like a party with a lot of people a the food the  Diehl is one of 15 German soldiers from Kassel who volunteered to participate in ceremonies saturday honouring those who died fighting on the other Side on a Day. The View from be in Side Isnit so different Diehl said. The nearly 22,000 men buried in the la Cambe German cemetery were fathers sons Brothers and husbands like the americans buried on the Bluff above Omaha Beach they fought because they were soldiers first. They fought for their country he said. A they weren t the politicians a said Michael. Schwanke whose Grandfather fought russians in world War ii. A they weren to nazis. They just  but they Are the forgotten ones Diehl said. Politics have kept the germans out of the official ceremonies in Normandy no one will March with the German Flag. To compensate the German War Graves commission asked the Ger Man army to find volunteers for a Small ceremony honouring their War dead. German maj. Michael Heim commands the troops during their two week stay in Normandy. Each Day the men go out to the cemetery and clean headstones mow grass and trim tree limbs. A a it a a sign of respect a Heim said a these men were like the americans and others soldiers a like their american military counterparts Manning support posts along the invasion coast for the a Day commemoration the Young German soldiers have visited the beaches and struggled to understand the horror of War. A i can see both sides Quot Diehl said. A i imagine what it must have been like in the water. But i also can see myself in the bunkers As the attack began. I wonder if i could do it a while the roads outside the cemetery rumbled with traffic bound for Omaha Beach the nearby american cemetery and the British ceremonies pair recall hell of War Captivity by Craig Martin Normandy Bureau Tilly sur Eulles France a Ted Middleton and Alfred Brown both formerly of the 4th Dorsetshire regt in England fought Side by Side in world War ii. On saturday they strolled among 1,222 British and German Graves at the Tilly sur Eulles War cemetery looking for their friends who weren to fortunate enough to make it through the Battle of this town Tilly As its called by those who fought Here changed hands 23 times Between june 13 and june 23, 1944. The town was blown to rubble and nearly a 10th of its estimated population of 800 was killed a the British would take a bit then the germans would take it Back a said Middleton who is from London. On june 13,1944, the British 50th div and 7th army div a desert rats were driving toward Bayeux where the government of liberated France had been set up a few Days earlier. German Field marshal Erwin Rommel a Tiger and Panther tanks of the Panzer Lehr div were deeply entrenched in Tilly sur Eulles. The British met plenty of resistance. Inch by bloody Inch the British shelled the town. The germans would Shell Back. The town situated in a Valley became a catch Basin for mortar and artillery a we had no Choice a Middleton said of the towns getting caught in the Middle of the fierce Battle. For the next 10 Days Battle lines Tere drawn and redrawn. It Wasny to until july 11 a when Caen had been liberated a that the Panzer Lehr left Tilly sur Eulles. At final count 76 townspeople Yere killed along with 1,222 German British and British Commonwealth serv ice members combined. About a Quarter of the dead were German troops Middleton and Brown did no to get to see the july 11 liberation of Tilly. During one of those 23 change dvrs they were captured. A when the germans attacked us one time we did t get out of the trenches Quot Brown recalled. A the Ard i got taken  they were eventually taken to Poland Quot we were shovelling Coal a Middleton said a then we were moved from there to Southern Bavaria with the yanks coming from one Side and he russians coming from the other. A they would push us in front of them a Middleton said of the Long March from Poland to Bavaria. The German captors a marched us All the Way and they called it the bloody death March a Brown said with a look of anger on his face. A so Many thousands died on it in january 1945.�?� the inscription to a Stone Wall on an archway in the cemetery sums up the feelings of those who live in Tilly Quot the land on which this cemetery stands is the gift of the French peo pie for the perpetual resting place of the sailors soldiers and airmen who Are honoured  a a a a a  Jit German troops March into place at a ceremony honouring their nations War dead at a German military cemetery near la Cambe France on saturday. At arro Manches about 300 people gathered in a cold Normandy rain on the Green grass of the burial site at la Cambe. Bands played minor politicians talked and someone Laid a Wreath near a Monument. The German soldiers marched in and stood rigidly next to a group of French soldiers. The politics of the ceremonies remain. While american British and French soldiers March on the beaches today and monday the mans wont be at la Cambe c Ger. Ceme Tery they will probably stay close to their rooms in Signy sur Mer. They can to Wear their uniforms. Someone Heim said asked them not to. A it is a sensitive thing a Heim said about not wearing the uniform adding that he thought it would be a More sensible not to Wear them. Siatt writer Ron Jansen in Normandy contributed to this report