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485:(AOP) aircraft spotting for the field guns: a Bofors troop deployed with Local Warning (LW) radar and ground observers could alert the pilot to the presence of enemy aircraft and provide protection for him. Two Trps of 392 Bty moved forward in this role on 30 June. Ultimately the Germans could not take the pounding from concentrated Allied firepower and had to stop their attacks. However, Operation Epsom caused a quarter of all the casualties suffered by 15th (S) Division in the
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enemy hiding in the adjacent woods. Over the next two nights the number of air raids increased but the first bridges were operational on 25 March and the follow-up divisions began crossing. By now the raiders were forced to bomb from greater heights by the radar-controlled LAA barrages they faced. On 28 March a few fighter-bombers were seen by daylight in XII Corps' area, but thereafter the Rhine crossings remained quiet as the
961:. 15th (Scottish) Division was tasked with making the initial assault crossing on XII Corps' front (Operation Torchlight). The vast build-up of forces, ammunition and supply dumps was a major AA defence task. Defending the bridgeheads after the crossing was another vital task, so getting AA units across early was crucial. 119th LAA Rgt practised loading SP Bofors guns onto Class 9 rafts, which
985:. The guns moved into concealed positions on 22 and 23 March. When the operation was launched on the night of 23/4 March the regiment fired 1347 rounds in the pepperpots, and their red tracer was prominent when 15th (Scottish) Division's infantry set off across the river in stormboats and Buffaloes at 02.00. The infantry soon gained a footing for the bridgehead. The
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one gun from a super heavy regiment attached to it to deal with a tower that was a probable enemy OP, and destroyed it with 7–8 rounds. When the attack went in on 3 December the ground firing troops continued the fireplan until they ran out of ammunition, suffering six casualties from return fire. They then returned to the AA lines.
872:, confirmed that three of these had landed near its HQ (later VIII Corps confirmed five 'kills' and one shared). Otherwise the regiment was engaged in occasional ground fire against houses and enemy SP guns, or to test repaired guns. Between 19 and 28 January 15th (S) Division was relieved and went back to Tilburg for training.
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Bofors of G Trp received a direct hit from a mortar with three ORs killed and one wounded. During one attack at Cheux on 29 June, the regiment's forward subunit had to withdraw to the
British anti-tank lines, returning to its previous position next day after the attack had been broken by British artillery.
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on 9 September. From that night all AA fire was forbidden because of an expected airborne operation, but this was cancelled on 12 September. Next day the regiment's vehicles returned and it began the long drive to catch up, after which the guns were deployed to protect the artillery, with a few ready
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on 27 August. Despite the risks inherent in attacking in daylight, 15th (S) Division pushed its first troops across at 19.00 before German defences could solidify in the far bank. The attack was covered by Bofors guns firing at ground targets across the river, and after dark the bridging operation on
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gun-laying radar (normally Heavy AA equipment) so that the AA Operations Room (AAOR) could order pre-arranged AA barrages and improve the LAA's effectiveness at night. Seven troops of 119th and 112th LAA Rgts were ordered to provide harassing fire in support of an attack by 227th Bde on 16 November,
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into the German positions (known as 'Scottish
Corridor') without reaching the Orne. Over following days the Germans made repeated attempts to overwhelm the corridor. On 28 June B Trp had to fight as infantry to deal with snipers, killing three and capturing another. On that day a self-propelled (SP)
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were unable to complete all the gaps. The fireplan was changed at the last minute, and all of 119th LAA Rgt's guns were made available for the divisional pepperpot under 1st
Middlesex, though the mud made it impossible to redeploy the tractor-towed Bofors guns in time. XXX Corps launched its attack
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on 21 September, with 119th LAA Rgt's three SP Trps accompanying for ground fire, while the tractor-drawn Trps protected bridges along the route. It took the division several days to get across the
Junction Canal at Aart, and eventually it adopted an easier route as it moved up the western flank of
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21st Army Group's manpower shortage and the lack of German aircraft activity led to the divisional LAA regiments being reduced. On 5 August 119th LAA Rgt had to send 54 ORs to a reinforcement holding unit, then it was ordered to send the 20 mm troops (X, Y and Z) and one Bofors troop from each
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on 10 September 1942. However, the
British Army had already begun to suffer manpower shortages and had more divisions than it could support. 79th Armoured was therefore converted into a holding formation for specialised armour units and gave up its artillery component. On 18 May 1943, 119th LAA Rgt
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Operation Guildford (3 December), with massive support by guns of every calibre. For 119th LAA Rgt the fire programme began on 2 December when the guns were registered with the help of an AOP aircraft on likely enemy supply routes that would be subjected to harassing fire. The regiment also had
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had to fall back ahead of Second Army's advance. During 27 March the rest of the regiment, HQs and transport crossed the river, and next day E and G Trps were engaged in heavy ground firing in support of attacks by 44th (H) and 227th (H) Bdes, targets including a church tower that could have been
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aircraft appeared, making dive-bombing attacks from medium and low altitude, which were countered by searchlights and LAA guns. On 25 March 119th LAA Rgt sent C, E and G Trps (without guns or vehicles) across in
Buffaloes to act as infantry to protect the bridge-building operations from any stray
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attempted to attack this work by bombing through breaks in the cloud, the attacks peaking on 29 April, when jets attacked the bridges on several occasions, but were mainly dealt with by Allied fighters and the LAA guns: F and G Trps each claimed one 'kill' on 30 April, and another came down over
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15th (Scottish) Division spent the winter along the Maas as operations went on elsewhere. 119th LAA Regiment's batteries adopted a routine of two weeks in the line followed by one week in maintenance and training, mirroring the brigades to which they were attached. While in the line one trp per
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canal; here there were numerous targets for ground firing, including enemy machine gun nests and observation posts, and in support of infantry attacks. For a night operation by 227th Bde, E Trp used the tracer of its Bofors to direct the attack. On 17 September the regiment laid out fluorescent
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to guide night attacks onto their objectives, and the Bofors guns were much in demand for infantry support. They could give useful close-range fire to help infantry working from cover to cover in the bocage; their rapid fire was good for suppressing enemy heavy weapons, the 40 mm round's
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and the three SP trps moved up to protect the deployment of 15th (S) Division's artillery beyond the town while the rest of the regiment organised the movement of the artillery. Between 17 and 24 February the regiment commanded several pepperpots in support of the division's attacks on
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at 05.00 on 8 February, and in the afternoon four SP guns of C Trp tried to move up with 44th Bde to give directional fire indicating gaps in the minefields with their tracer, but they were bogged in the mud, as were many of the supporting tanks. By 15 February XXX Corps was through
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Regiment was one of the first divisional units to be disbanded, on 31 October 1945. During the NW Europe campaign it had suffered battle casualties (major actions only) of 2 officers killed, 3 wounded, 12 ORs killed and 29 wounded.
888:). The plan was for C Trp to take part in the 'Pepperpot', in which LAA and A/T guns and machine guns mortars of all calibres saturated the enemy positions in front of the assaulting infantry, while the rest of the regiment's guns carried out AA tasks for both 15th (S) and
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After rest, 15th (S) Division was called forward on 5 April to rejoin 21st Army Group's drive across northern
Germany. 119th LAA Regiment advanced with the field artillery, while F and I Trps deployed in a combined LAA/infantry role to protect the bridges across the
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Operation Nutcracker (19–27 November). 119th LAA Regiment was engaged in ground fire against enemy observation posts (OPs), harassing fire, and occasional AA fire against fighter-bombers. It received a few reinforcements from the division's anti-tank regiment
807:, and then counter-attacked, with 119th LAA Rgt contributing ground fire. While three troops were thus engaged, the other three troops providing AA defence for the divisional artillery were joined by three troops from 112th (DLI) LAA Rgt. They were linked to a
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but the Odon bridges were still 2 miles (3.2 km) away at the end of the first day. The party of 119th LAA Rgt preparing positions had been caught by mortar fire, losing one man killed and one officer and three other ranks (ORs) wounded. RHQ moved up to
1023:. Over the following days the two troops moved forward from one bridge to the next, while the rest of the regiment protected the artillery and Divisional HQ, primarily in the ground defence role but with occasional 'crash action' AA engagements against
416:) on the evening of 17 June. Although parts of 15th (S) Division had begun landing on 13 June, the weather deteriorated and the parties of 119th LAA Rgt had to wait aboard ship, subjected to some night bombing, until 23 June when they transferred to a
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German mortar fire was a particular hazard in the bocage, and 119th LAA Rgt's CO, Lt-Col 'Sailor' Young, was instrumental in setting up a divisional counter-mortar (CM) organisation based initially on the guns of 119th LAA and the communications and
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with Buffaloes and stormboats, covered by a massive bombardment including the Bofors guns participating in pepperpots and directional tracer fire. Opposition was patchy, and bridging operations began once the bridgehead had been secured. The
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battery was giving LAA protection to the field gun areas, while one was at divisional HQ, and one in readiness for groundshooting tasks. The regiment was forced to give up a draft of 32 younger men to be retrained as infantry. Meanwhile, the
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on 19 April, and C and E Trps shot down another on 20 April and captured the pilot who had baled out wounded. On 21 April the division had closed up to the river and prepared to cross. The regiment shot down another Fw 190 on 26 April.
942:) in place of a proportion of their Bofors guns, to improve their capability against 'snap' attacks by the new German jet fighter-bombers. Under this arrangement a troop comprised four SP or towed Bofors and two quadruple SP Brownings.
711:, where it was 'grounded' and most of its vehicles (23 3-tonner trucks and 10 gun tractors) used to provide a supply transport column, while a 40-man detachment with wireless-equipped light vehicles was employed on traffic control.
600:' advance, 'Operation Gallop', with one troop of 119th LAA Rgt attached to cover each infantry brigade, the divisional artillery, and divisional HQ along the column. The regiment also had C Trp of 364 Bty and G Trp of 366 Bty from
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633:. Responsibility for AA defence of the packed road columns passing through the bridgehead remained with 119th LAA Rgt, but despite ideal cloud conditions for surprise attacks by fighter bombers there was no interference from the
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made appearances in daylight and by moonlight; the regiment claimed several hits and one aircraft destroyed. The division was then relieved on 24 February as other formations completed the advance to the banks of the
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next day. A mixed party under the second-in-command was still carrying out reconnaissance and clearing battery positions on 26 June when the division was committed to its first action in the Battle of the Odon
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and Perrier Ridges to support the advancing armour. 119th LAA Regiment suffered three killed and nine wounded in a clash with an enemy patrol on 1 August. Later, on 6 August, the division supported
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against little opposition, held up only by rearguards and broken bridges, with guns of 119th LAA Rgt engaging ground targets. The town was liberated on 28 October. Next day, 119th LAA Rgt was in
404:: RHQ and 391 Battery HQ (BHQ) with A, B, and C Trps aboard Motor Transport 76 (S81), 392 BHQ, I Trp and few others aboard S59; G and F Trps followed in a later convoy. The transports sailed to
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against Allied airfields on 1 January 1945, GHQ AA Troops for 21st Army Group reported that '40 mm LAA had the time of its life'. 119th LAA Regiment claimed six of the low-flying
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After the weather delay, Second Army began the 'Epsom' offensive on 25 June, with VIII Corps (including 15th (S) Division) attacking at 07.30 next day to force crossings of the Rivers
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On 1 September the regiment was ordered to increase its petrol reserves in preparation for a long move. The batteries were allocated to the various sections of the divisional column:
1100:. A number of divisional artillery regiments including 119th LAA sent drivers back to Nijmegen to pick up 3-tonner lorries to act as divisional transport while the division's own
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when it engaged enemy aircraft after dark, being bombed in its turn, with damage to several vehicles. The division was then switched to help deal with a German counter-attack at
832:), which was being disbanded, but these men were quickly removed and sent for infantry training. Next, the division carried out a set-piece assault on the German bridgehead at
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703:(2nd TAF) was overhead, so AA fire was prohibited during daylight. By the end of 4 September 119th LAA Rgt was concentrated in the grounds of the Chateau de Selincourt, near
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541:, later widened to include other artillery. When incoming fire was received the CM group brought down immediate heavy retaliation against suspected German mortar positions.
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376:). In the case of 119th LAA Rgt, the additional troop to each battery (X, Y and Z) was equipped with 20 mms. In April 1944 the division moved to its concentration area in
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area, occasionally under shellfire, while it practised the CM scheme and the last parts of the regiment arrived from England. On 11 July A Trp shot down two Me 109s near
1043:. 119th LAA Regiment flushed a number of Germans out of the woods. On 17 April the infantry infiltrated into Uelzen, and two days later the division was heading for the
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and began a series of training exercises through the winter. In mid-February the whole division participated in a 12-day training exercise (Exercise Eagle) in the
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469:. Further gains and a narrow bridgehead over the Odon were achieved by bitter fighting next day, by the end of which 15th (S) Division had created a deep
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all being involved in the pepperpot). 119th LAA Regiment was also given a role in traffic control at the six gaps the division was to create in the
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then began rafting across guns and vehicles, with LAA guns given a high priority. It was not until after dark on 24 March that small numbers of
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effect among trees. It was also used for 'bunker-busting', though the lack of protection made the gun detachment vulnerable to return fire.
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companies were engaged in transporting German prisoners to help bring in the harvest. At the end of the month the regiment moved to
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was active with fighter-bombers and reconnaissance aircraft in twos and threes, and there were several LAA engagements. When the
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battery (B, D and H) back to England. This left each battery with just two troops of Bofors guns, one towed, one SP.
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used as an enemy OP. On 29 March the division was relieved and 119th LAA Rgt 'harboured' in the Bislicher Wald near
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for ground fire across the canal (though no targets presented themselves). The division then moved to hold the
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15th (S) Division's role in Market Garden was to hold the Gheel bridgehead and then advance in parallel with
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221st Brigade was broken up at the end of the year and on 1 February 1942 10th QORWK was transferred to the
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The breakout from the Normandy beachhead had now been achieved, and after the German forces trapped in the
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and Schloss Calbeck, and generally engaged in ground fire. On 21 February there was fine weather and the
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fighters, though by that time local German officers were discussing surrender terms. On 4 May came the
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but the Germans had pulled out of Meijel. The regiment suffered a number of casualties from
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could be erected across the wide river. Other gunners and equipment would cross in
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obstacles. Armoured cars of 15th (S) Reconnaissance Regiment, supported by
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in February, but left in May before it had been assigned to a brigade.
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XXX Corps' narrow thrust. It took five days' hard fighting to capture
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formation that was being brought up to full establishment as part of
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and 25th Field Regiment, RA, which had been fighting desperately at
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strips to mark its positions when the Allied aircraft carrying
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The division next fought its way over the bleak moorlands of
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Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment's 'Invicta' cap badge.
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shot down during the morning. The new divisional A/T Rgt,
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10th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
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223:Not to be confused with 10th (Service) Battalion,
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2349:, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958.
953:Second Army then made preparations to cross the
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1799:119th LAA Rgt War Diary, January 1945.
1667:119th LAA Rgt War Diary, October 1944.
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21:119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
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1305:119th LAA Rgt War Diary, August 1944.
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779:SP Bofors in Holland, December 1944.
242:Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
195:, with which it fought in Normandy (
181:Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
2326:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2006,
2311:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2003,
2151:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2011,
1533:Ellis, Vol I, pp. 388–91, 402, 409.
1497:119th LAA Rgt War Diary, July 1944.
1401:, pp. 23–31, 37–87, 93–100, 112–20.
1352:119th LAA Rgt War Diary, June 1944.
608:and the field regiment attached to
556:, aiming to strike southwards from
2008:119th LAA Rgt War Diary, May 1945.
1560:Ellis, Vol I, pp. 453, 455, 466–7.
1086:German surrender at Lüneburg Heath
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193:15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
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1524:Daglish, pp. 25–6, 29–54, 170–1.
1333:British Army Officers 1939–1945.
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596:. 15th (S) Division spearheaded
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1964:Pakenham-Walsh, pp. 486–8.
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1703:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 159–60.
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2261:John Keegan
1078:Sachsenwald
861:Bodenplatte
645:80th AA Bde
631:River Somme
594:River Seine
574:Mont Pinçon
500:, retaking
330:Second Army
265:as part of
120:Engagements
87:Air defence
2370:Categories
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2189:, Vol II:
2164:L.F. Ellis
2087:References
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1065:Artlenburg
1045:River Elbe
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1001:Hamminkeln
882:Reichswald
859:Operation
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814:schu-mines
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362:VIII Corps
2347:1938–1948
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1833:Veritable
1106:Ratzeburg
1082:Luftwaffe
1070:Luftwaffe
1049:Luftwaffe
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1041:Stadensen
1017:River Ems
996:Luftwaffe
991:Luftwaffe
971:Buffaloes
924:Luftwaffe
855:Luftwaffe
851:Luftwaffe
753:Eindhoven
749:XXX Corps
636:Luftwaffe
598:XII Corps
514:Greenline
498:Éterville
370:Oerlikons
317:Yorkshire
232:Tonbridge
191:and then
96:Battalion
2337:Maj-Gen
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1019:and the
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618:Louviers
560:towards
527:airburst
384:Normandy
374:Polstens
138:crossing
100:Regiment
85:Infantry
1953:Plunder
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987:Sappers
876:Germany
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494:Bocage
378:Sussex
284:guns.
205:VE Day
203:until
67:Branch
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41:Active
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955:Rhine
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915:Kleve
906:Jeeps
805:Asten
729:Meuse
725:Gheel
716:Lille
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458:Cheux
426:Cully
390:D Day
136:Seine
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