Friesoythe, in Saterland Frisian language Ait or Äit, is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, on the river Soeste, 25 kilometres...
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The razing of Friesoythe was the destruction of the town of Friesoythe in Lower Saxony on 14 April 1945, during the Western Allies' invasion of Germany...
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Christopher Vokes (section Destruction of Friesoythe)
of this battle, Vokes ordered his division to raze the German town of Friesoythe. The division subsequently destroyed around 85–90% of the town and used...
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where the hell the food is." The Scheldt The Rhineland Closing Phases Friesoythe Canadian Army Historian C.P. Stacey commented that the only time he saw...
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resulted in the Highlanders setting fire to civilian property in the town of Friesoythe in an act of reprisal. Stacey later wrote that the Canadian troops first...
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Werther. Quakenbrück, cantons: Ankum, Cloppenburg, Diepholz, Dinklage, Friesoythe, Löningen, Quakenbrück, Vechta, Vörden and Wildeshausen. Lingen, cantons:...
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"Cloppenburg, Hinrich Anton Adolph geb. 11 Apr 1844 Altenoythe / Aoy., Friesoythe, CLP, NI, D gest. 14 Nov 1922 's Gravenhage, ZH, NL = Den Haag, ZH, NL"...
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CD – 1992–1993 Major-General Nicholas Hall, CD – 1991–1993 Razing of Friesoythe Christopher Vokes "4th Canadian Armoured Division – Quartermaster Section"...
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Westerstede 4489 Apen 4491 Friesoythe 4492 Saterland 4493 Friesoythe-Gehlenberg 4494 Bösel b.Friesoythe 4495 Friesoythe-Thuele 4496 Friesoythe-Markhausen 4497 Barßel-Harkebrügge...
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(Schleswig-Holstein) Friedrichsthal (Saarland) Friesack (Brandenburg) Friesoythe (Lower Saxony) Fritzlar (Hesse) Frohburg (Saxony) Fröndenberg (North Rhine-Westphalia)...
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