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1945 – Major Tilson = Victoria Cross
1945 – Major Tilson = Victoria Cross
Major Frederick Tilson led an att on the hochwald Forest in Germany. Seriously wounded in an enemy counterattack, he refused medical aid and defended his company's position until his troops […]
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1945 – Battle of the Reichswald
The Allies broke German resistance on the Hochwald front in the Battle of the Reichswald.
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1945 – Operation Spring Awakening
1945 – Operation Spring Awakening
Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the Second World War began.
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1945 – HMCS Guysborough Torpedoed
1945 – HMCS Guysborough Torpedoed
HMCS Guysborough was torpedoed and sunk by U-868 in the Bay of Biscay off France, resulting in 51 casualties.
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1945 – Operation Plunder on the Rhine
1945 – Operation Plunder on the Rhine
The amphibious phase of Operation Plunder - the crossing of Germany's Rhine River - began.