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Date(s)
- 1945 Aug (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
An account of the operations of Second Army in Europe, 1944-1945', compiled by 2 Army HQ, England, Aug 1945, including sections on invasion planning; campaign in North West France; crossing the Seine; advance into Belgium; liberation of southern Holland; battle in the Ardennes; clearance of Maas-Rhine area; crossing the Rhine and advance to the Baltic; German surrender and establishment of Allied administration and military government in Germany. With orders of battle; summaries of major operations; maps and plans showing battle situations and progress of the Allied advance; statistics of organisation and build-up of Allied and German forces; description, illustrated with photographs, of conditions in Belsen concentration camp when liberated by 8 Corps on 15 Apr 1945. 1 file