James Holland

What he's got is a mixed force of different units.

So they've got one company of Panzer IVs, one company of Panthers, one company of Tigers, or a troop of Tigers, or whatever they call it in the German organisation.

And they're all mixing them together and they haven't fought together and they haven't operated together.

And so this lone Tiger tank has been told to come from the western side of the battlefield, get yourself over to protect the Roray Ridge.

And I think he's just taken a wrong turn.

Yeah.

And he's found himself.

He thinks he's in Roray.

He's not.

He's in Fontenay.

It's easily done.

Yeah.

And he's knackered.

And suddenly there's a Sherman firing at him.

He can barely see it.

He doesn't have his other Shermans following up.

And he just thinks, you know, surrender's a better form of valor, and he can blame him, frankly.

So then Semkin moves on, joins Render, and gathers together the rest of A Squadron together.

So this attack was supposed to start at 5.30.

Actually, it's 5.30 that Render has his engagement with the Tiger tank.