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1 Royal Tank Regiment captured Welle

1945-04-18 · Welle · Germany

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On the 18th, 1st RTR moved north and capture Welle, while 8th Hussars and 1/5th Queens were brought up to bypass the forest of Langeloh, which was full of Panzerfaust teams, to take Tostedt, 5 miles further on.

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