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406:78th Sturm Division
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814:XXX – XXXIX
603:German Army
524:Walter WeiĂź
487:Ludwigslust
463:Second Army
378:Fourth Army
351:assault gun
230:Netherlands
224:as part of
136:XXVII Corps
73:Engagements
1440:Categories
1154:LXXXX – CI
615:Armeekorps
560:References
493:Commanders
440:Hans Traut
295:Ninth Army
1202:I – XXXIX
749:XX – XXIX
473:coast at
341:, 129th,
1341:Mountain
1279:XXXXVIII
1171:LXXXXVII
1136:LXXXVIII
911:XXXXVIII
453:border.
386:Smolensk
248:towards
242:1st Army
236:towards
148:XXVII.AK
1396:Cavalry
1274:XXXXVII
1234:XXXVIII
1131:LXXXVII
1111:LXXXIII
1076:LXXVIII
924:L – LIX
906:XXXXVII
891:XXXXIII
851:XXXVIII
684:X – XIX
384:around
311:Kalinin
238:Roubaix
234:Belgium
35:Country
1383:XXXXIX
1269:XXXXVI
1189:Panzer
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1141:LXXXIX
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1106:LXXXII
1056:LXXIII
1016:LXVIII
901:XXXXVI
896:XXXXIV
886:XXXXII
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796:XXVIII
624:I – IX
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471:Baltic
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301:, for
275:Gruppe
250:Colmar
140:German
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416:Minsk
390:Orsha
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152:corps
146:, or
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706:XIII
666:VIII
611:Army
457:1945
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371:52nd
365:1943
345:and
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335:87th
331:72nd
321:1942
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256:1941
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190:and
184:69th
180:16th
174:1939
134:The
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1219:VII
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