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    Operation Veritable (also known as the Battle of the Reichswald) was the northern part of an Allied pincer movement that took place between 8 February...
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    Harry Crerar, coming from the Nijmegen area of the Netherlands in Operation Veritable, which had started at 05:00 on 8 February. However, once the Canadians...
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    XXX Corps continued to serve in the Netherlands, and finally in Operation Veritable in Germany until May 1945. XXX Corps was formed in the Western Desert...
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    beginning of January 1945, when the ground would have been frozen, Operation Veritable, the 21st Army Group's advance to the Rhine, was delayed for five...
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    prevented by bad weather. The 43rd later played a large part in Operation Veritable attached to First Canadian Army, through the month-long fighting in the...
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    Operation Blockbuster was the completion of the larger Operation Veritable by the First Canadian Army, reinforced by the XXX Corps from the British Second...
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    tanks breaking through were stopped. It endured hard fighting in Operation Veritable, the advance towards the Rhine through the Reichswald, and again...
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    liberation of 's-Hertogenbosch. In February 1945, Allied forces in Operation Veritable advanced from the Groesbeek heights which had been taken during Market...
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    along the Western front: in the north under Montgomery, they fought Operation Veritable (also known as the Battle of the Reichswald); east of Aachen they...
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    Rhineland Offensive encompassed Operation Veritable, Operation Grenade, Operation Blockbuster, Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity. Forces deployed North...
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