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Werner Pluskat (1912 – 11 June 2002) was a major, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 352nd Artillery Regiment of the German 352nd Infantry Division during the Allied invasion in Normandy. He was credited in the movie The Longest Day, a film about the D-Day invasion, with being the first German officer who saw the Allied invasion fleet on 6 June 1944, heading toward their landing zone at Omaha Beach. Oberleutnant (M.A.) Walter Ohmsen, commander of the Crisbecq Battery, was also credited with being the first to discover the Allied invasion fleet through the battery rangefinder. However, Heinrich "Hein" Severloh, a German machine gunner on Omaha Beach that day, wrote in his book WN62: A German Soldier's Memories of the Defence of Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944 that Pluskat was not with

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  • Werner Pluskat (1912 – 11 June 2002) was a major, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 352nd Artillery Regiment of the German 352nd Infantry Division during the Allied invasion in Normandy. He was credited in the movie The Longest Day, a film about the D-Day invasion, with being the first German officer who saw the Allied invasion fleet on 6 June 1944, heading toward their landing zone at Omaha Beach. Oberleutnant (M.A.) Walter Ohmsen, commander of the Crisbecq Battery, was also credited with being the first to discover the Allied invasion fleet through the battery rangefinder. However, Heinrich "Hein" Severloh, a German machine gunner on Omaha Beach that day, wrote in his book WN62: A German Soldier's Memories of the Defence of Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944 that Pluskat was not with (en)
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  • Werner Pluskat (1912-11 de juny de 2002) va ser un major alemany, comandant del 1r Batalló del 252è Regiment d'Infanteria de la 352a divisió d'infanteria durant la invasió aliada a Normandia. , al seu llibre The Longest Day, credita Pluskat com el primer oficial alemany que va veure la flota d'invasió el 6 de juny de 1944, dirigint-se cap a la seva zona de desembarcament a Omaha Beach. L'Oberleutnant (M.A.) , comandant de la , també té el mateix crèdit en ser el primer a veure la flota mitjançant el telèmetre de la bateria. No obstant, , un metrallador a Omaha Beach, senyala al seu llibre WN62: A German Soldier's Memories of the Defence of Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944 que Pluskat no estava amb la seva unitat aquell dia i que "no va ser gaire ben retratat" a la pel·lícula El dia més llarg. Els homes de Pluskat van disparar els seus canons fins a quedar-se sense munció. Pluskat es trobava amb el Generalleutnant quan aquest es rendí als soldats de la a Magdeburg el 23 d'abril de 1945. Per a la producció de la pel·lícula El dia més llarg, Pluskat va ser un dels diversos assessors militars que havien estat a les platges el 6 de juny. A la pel·lícula, va ser interpretat per . (ca)
  • Werner Pluskat (1912 – 11 June 2002) was a major, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 352nd Artillery Regiment of the German 352nd Infantry Division during the Allied invasion in Normandy. He was credited in the movie The Longest Day, a film about the D-Day invasion, with being the first German officer who saw the Allied invasion fleet on 6 June 1944, heading toward their landing zone at Omaha Beach. Oberleutnant (M.A.) Walter Ohmsen, commander of the Crisbecq Battery, was also credited with being the first to discover the Allied invasion fleet through the battery rangefinder. However, Heinrich "Hein" Severloh, a German machine gunner on Omaha Beach that day, wrote in his book WN62: A German Soldier's Memories of the Defence of Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944 that Pluskat was not with his unit the day of the invasion and "was not truthfully portrayed" in the film. Pluskat's men fired their guns on Omaha Beach until they ran out of ammunition. Pluskat was with Generalleutnant Kurt Dittmar when they surrendered to soldiers of the U.S. 30th Infantry Division at Magdeburg on 23 April 1945. For the production of The Longest Day, Pluskat was one of many Axis and Allied military consultants to have actually been on the beach on June 6. In the film, he was portrayed by Hans Christian Blech. (en)
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