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280:over the following two days.
26:Grenadier Division of the SS
651:Williamson, Gordon (2004).
318:Order of Battle (1944–1945)
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439:Divisional Supply Regiment
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227:Grenadier Division by the
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661:, Oxfordshire: Osprey.
482:List of Waffen-SS units
418:Anti-Aircraft Battalion
1165:Divisional commanders
820:Götz von Berlichingen
249:Royal Hungarian Army
188:Royal Hungarian Army
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1091:Landstorm Nederland
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168:Nazi Party
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