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North-West Europe campaign of 1944–45

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The battle honours for the Second World War were not awarded until 1957/58 by which point some units had amalgamated or been disbanded.
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forces during the Second World War that took part in the actions of the northern part of the war's
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is suffixed with the year, or years, in which the awarded unit took part in the action.
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Museum of the Manchester Regiment: Battle Honours of The Manchester Regiment
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29th Canadian Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)
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3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards)
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of all German forces in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany and Denmark on
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5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars)
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which at its longest stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland.
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4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
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8th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)
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21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)
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11th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)
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The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
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The following units were awarded the battle honour,
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in Northwest Germany. The campaign was conducted by
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The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
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Index

North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945
battle honour
British Commonwealth
Western Front
6th June landings
Normandy
Field Marshal Montgomery
German military surrender
Lüneburg Heath
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
British 21st Army Group
12th
6th Army Groups
Western Front
The Toronto Scottish Regiment
The Royal Regiment of Canada
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
The Essex Scottish Regiment
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
The South Saskatchewan Regiment
14th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
The Elgin Regiment
The Royal Montreal Regiment
The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
12th Manitoba Dragoons
8th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
29th Canadian Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)

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