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Polish Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements
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1.
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Battle
over West Prussia.
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9.1.1939
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9.5.1939
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5
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a.
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Fighting
to Brahe.
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9.1.1939
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9.2.1939
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2
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b.
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Battle in
the Tucheler Heide.
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9.2.1939
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9.5.1939
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4
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2.
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Pursuit
on Both Sides of the Weichsel River to Warsaw.
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9.5.1939
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9.12.1939
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8
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3.
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Pursuit
in Eastern Poland
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9.11.1939
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9.21.1939
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11
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4.
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Fighting
for Bialystok and Eastward.
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9.15.1939
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9.18.1939
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4
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5.
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Fighting
for the Polish Coastal Fortifications.
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9.1.1939
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10.1.1939
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31
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a.
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Fighting
for the Westernplatte.
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9.1.1939
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9.7.1939
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7
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b.
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Capture
of Gdingen and the Oxhöfter Kämpe.
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9.8.1939
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9.19.1939
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12
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c.
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Capture
of Hela.
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9.8.1939
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10.1.1939
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24
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Western Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements
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1.
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Security
on the Westwall in the Area of Aachen.
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10.16.1939
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5.9.1940
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207
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2.
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Breakthrough
of the Southern Belgium Fortifications in the Ardennes.
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5.10.1940
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5.12.1940
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3
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3.
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Enforcement
of the Maas Corridor.
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5.13.1940
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5.15.1940
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3
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4.
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Capture
of the Forts at Lüttich.
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5.13.1940
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5.17.1940
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5
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5.
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Breakthrough
Southern Belgium and the French Border Fortifications.
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5.15.1940
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5.18.1940
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4
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6.
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Capture
of the Forts of Namur.
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5.20.1940
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5.24.1940
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5
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7.
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Break
Through to the Sea, security of the Northern Flank and Formation of a
Defensive Front on the Somme.
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5.17.1940
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5.23.1940
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7
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a.
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Encirclement
of Fortress Maubeuge.
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5.18.1940
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5.22.1940
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5
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b.
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Fights
for Mormalwald.
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5.17.1940
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5.22.1940
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6
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c.
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Fights
for Cambrai.
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5.19.1940
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5.22.1940
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4
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d.
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Encirclement
of Abbéville.
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5.20.1940
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5.20.1940
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1
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8.
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Fights
for Arras.
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5.20.1940
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5.24.1940
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5
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9.
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Containment of the Enemy Forces in
Flanders and Extension of the Breakthrough.
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5.24.1940
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5.26.1940
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3
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10.
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Fighting
in Scarpe, Sensée and Schelde.
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5.23.1940
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5.26.1940
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4
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11.
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Conquest
of Boulogne and Calais and Fighting Between Arras and St. Omer.
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5.23.1940
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5.26.1940
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4
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12.
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Defensive
Fighting in the Somme.
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5.24.1940
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6.4.1940
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12
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13.
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Encirclement
of Calais
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5.26.1940
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5.26.1940
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1
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14.
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Fighting
by La Bassée and Lille.
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5.24.1940
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6.1.1940
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9
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15.
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Fighting
in Hazebrouck, Cassel, Bailleul and Poperinghe.
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5.27.1940
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6.4.1940
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9
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16.
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Battle
over Dünkirchen.
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5.27.1940
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6.4.1940
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9
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17.
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Breakthrough
Battle at the Somme and Pursuit From the Somme.
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6.5.1940
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6.10.1940
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6
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18.
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Destruction
Battles by Dieppe and St. Valéry and Occupation of Le Havre.
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6.13.1940
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6.13.1940
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1
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19.
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Battles
on the Seine and Pursuit Fighting to the Loire.
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6.9.1940
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6.19.1940
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11
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20.
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Raids in
Normandy and Capture of Cherbourg.
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6.14.1940
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6.19.1940
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6
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21.
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Raids in
the Bretagne and Encirclement of Brest.
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6.17.1940
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6.22.1940
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6
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22.
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Fighting
in the Loire and Pursuit to the Coast.
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6.19.1940
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6.23.1940
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5
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23.
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Occupation
of Northwest France.
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6.26.1940
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9.12.1940
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79
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Eastern Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements
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1.
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Double
Battle near Bialystock and Minsk.
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6.22.1941
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7.10.1941
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19
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a]
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Breakthrough
of the Frontier Positions.
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6.22.1941
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6.24.1941
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3
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b]
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Battle of
Bialystock-Slonim.
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6.24.1941
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7.11.1941
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18
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c]
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Drive
Aganist Svisloch and Over the Berezina.
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6.25.1941
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7.8.1941
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14
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d]
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Battles
West of Minsk.
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7.3.1941
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7.7.1941
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5
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2.
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Battle to
the Dnieper and the Duna.
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7.4.1941
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7.7.1941
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4
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3.
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Battle
Near Smolensk.
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7.8.1941
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7.31.1941
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24
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4.
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Battle
Near Roslavl.
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8.1.1941
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8.9.1941
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9
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5.
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Defensive
Battle at Jelnya and Smolensk.
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8.10.1941
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10.1.1941
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53
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6.
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Double
Battle Near Vyazma and Bryansk.
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10.2.1941
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10.13.1941
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12
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7.
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Advance
Toward Moscow.
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10.14.1941
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12.3.1941
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51
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8.
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Defensive
Battle Before Moscow.
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12.4.1941
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4.18.1942
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135
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9.
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Position
Fighting in the Zone of Heeresgruppe Mitte.
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4.19.1942
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7.4.1943
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442
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a]
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Destruction
of the Enemy Group Belov in the Rear Area.
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5.24.1942
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6.22.1942
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30
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b]
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Defensive
Fighting North of Chisdra.
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6.21.1942
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7.19.1942
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29
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c]
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Attack
and Defensive Battles in the Area South of Belev-Koselsk-Szuchinitschi.
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8.11.1942
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9.12.1942
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33
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d]
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Retreat
to the Spas Demensk-Dorogobush-East of Velish Line.
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3.1.1943
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3.31.1943
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31
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10.
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Defensive
Battles in the East in 1943.
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7.5.1943
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12.15.1943
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164
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a]
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Position
Fighting West of Vyasma.
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7.5.1943
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8.6.1943
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33
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b]
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Defensive
Battle in the Area of Kirov-Dorogobush.
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8.6.1943
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8.31.1943
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26
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c]
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Defensive
Battle near Jelnya and Smolensk.
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8.28.1943
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10.10.1943
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14
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d]
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Defensive
Battle Near Gorki.
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10.12.1943
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10.17.1943
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6
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e]
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1 through
4 Defensive Battles West of Smolensk.
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10.16.1943
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12.4.1943
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50
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11.
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Defensive
Fighting in White Russia.
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12.16.1943
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4.19.1944
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126
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a]
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Defensive
Fighting Southeast of Vitebsk.
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2.22.1944
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3.28.1944
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36
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b]
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Fifth
Defensive Battle West of Smolensk.
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3.5.1944
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3.10.1944
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6
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c]
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Defensive
Battle South of Chaussy.
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3.25.1944
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3.31.1944
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7
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12.
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Position
Fighting in the Zone of Heeresgruppe Mitte.
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4.20.1944
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6.21.1944
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63
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13.
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Defensive
and Withdrawal Battles from the Russian Summer Offensive.
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6.22.1944
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7.12.1944
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21
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14.
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Fighting
Between Njemen and the East Prussian Frontier.
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7.13.1944
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8.10.1944
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29
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15.
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Position
Fighting on the East Prussian Frontier.
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8.10.1944
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10.15.1944
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67
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16.
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Battle in
East Prussia for Schloßberg, Gumbinnen and Goldap.
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10.16.1944
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11.2.1944
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18
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17.
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Defensive
Fighting in East Prussia.
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11.2.1944
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1.21.1945
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81
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18.
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Withdrawal
Fighting in East Prussia.
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1.22.1945
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2.8.1945
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18
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a]
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Attack on
Elbing to the West.
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1.26.1945
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2.2.1945
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8
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19.
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Fighting
in the Heiligenbeil Kessel, for Königsberg and in Samland.
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2.9.1945
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4.7.1945
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58
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