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Battle for the Twente Canal

The period of static actions along the winter front of the Meuse and Waal ended for the First Canadian Army ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

In the German headquarters of Oberbefehlshaber West, there was concern about the ensuing defensive battles. The German generalfeldmarschall Gerd von ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds wanted to break through the German front with a narrow, concentrated thrust. To the righthand side, the ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

Soon, the Lion assault group could advance toward Lochem, where they reached the British positions. However, the assault group took ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

On April 1, 1945, around 09:00 hrs, the British Royal Dragoons did a recce towards the Wiene locks.. Here they ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

Vokes ordered an attack on April 3, around 7:00 p.m. Commander Coleman of the 23rd Canadian Artillery Field Regiment (Self-Propelled) ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

West of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, the Lake Superior Regiment launched a direct attack on the Wiene lock. Meanwhile, ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

During the Superior’s rapid attack, they captured an even larger bridge intact. Behind the Superiors followed the rest of the ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

From Almelo, on April 5, 1945, Vokes gave the order to continue the attack in the direction of the German ...

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Battle for the Twente Canal

The period of static actions along the winter front of the Meuse and Waal ended for the First Canadian Army ...

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Siege of Breslau

The siege of Breslau (the present Polish Wroclaw) took no fewer than 80 days and was fought between the Soviet ...

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Evacuation and fall of the German city Kolberg

Between March 4 and 18, 1945 Kolberg (today Kołobrzeg in Poland) was under siege by troops of the Red Army ...

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Battle of Berlin

As early the summer of 1943, one thing was certain for the soldiers of the Red Army: they would end ...

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Liberation of the northeastern part of the Netherlands

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Liberation of the northeastern part of the Netherlands

"Da bunt ze" (there they are) "Food tourists" and "bread thieves", those were daily words in the famine winter of 1944-1945. ...

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