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Commando assault at dawn

Commando assault at dawn

1st November 1944: No 4 Commando, now veterans of amphibious assault, land in the occupied Dutch town of Flushing on the island of Walcheren

Nov 01, 2024
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Royal Marine Commandos going down the ramp of a landing craft tank in an Alligator amphibious personnel carrier, whilst some more men in a Weasel amphibious carrier are about to follow. The LCT has just beached on the island of Walcheren at Westkapelle, the most western point of the island, during the final phase of the battle to free the Belgian port o…

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