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)
stages of this battle he 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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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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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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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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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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(Schleswig-Holstein) Friedrichsthal (Saarland) Friesack (Brandenburg) Friesoythe (Lower Saxony) Fritzlar (Hesse) Frohburg (Saxony) Fröndenberg (North Rhine-Westphalia)...
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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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Airborne forces Size Division Engagements World War II Western Front Operation Veritable Razing of Friesoythe Commanders Notable commanders Wolfgang Erdmann...
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pounds. 1945 – Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroys the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General...
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refer to: Ait, a small island found in the middle of a river or lake Friesoythe, a town in Germany, known in Saterland Frisian name as Ait or Äit Ait...
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river of Lower Saxony, Germany. At its confluence with the Marka west of Friesoythe, the river Sagter Ems is formed. List of rivers of Lower Saxony v t e...
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February 1946. Lake Superior Regiment with captured Hitler Youth flag, Friesoythe, Germany, 16 April 1945 The regiment contributed an aggregate of more...
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November 1943 Friesoythe, Germany Air 1 Bf 110 Destroyed 26 November 1943 Friesoythe, Germany Air 1 Bf 109 Damaged 26 November 1943 Friesoythe, Germany Air...
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had "No feeling of remorse over the elimination of Friesoythe." In April 1945 the town of Friesoythe in north-west Germany was deliberately destroyed by...
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Germany. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Ohe and Marka west of Friesoythe. At its confluence with the Dreyschloot (a branch of the Soeste), the...
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Towns Municipalities Cloppenburg Friesoythe Löningen Barßel Bösel Cappeln Emstek Essen Garrel Lastrup Lindern Molbergen Saterland...
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Category IV inland waterway Ems near Dörpen – southern Papenburg – northern Friesoythe – Hunte in Oldenburg In many places the canal runs parallel to the B 401...
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Jersey Taman Safari in Bogor, Indonesia Tier- und Freizeitpark Thüle near Friesoythe, Lower Saxony, Germany Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan Wild Adventures...
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X 07 Oldenburg-Stadt X X 08 Aschendorf-Hümmling X X X 09 Cloppenburg-Friesoythe X X 10 Meppen X X X 11 Vechta X X 12 Grafschaft Bentheim X X X 13 Lingen...
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the coastline. Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroys the German town of Friesoythe, on the orders of Major General...
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waterlogged. In the afternoon C squadron were heading towards the town of Friesoythe. It was heavily defended and the outskirts aggressively patrolled – several...
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we don't want any prisoners'". Vokes had himself ordered the razing of Friesoythe, a German town, in 1945, and had ordered the shooting of two prisoners...
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about the verdict. Vokes, who ordered the razing of the German town of Friesoythe in 1945, justified the reduction in Meyer's sentence by writing: There...
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Salzhemmendorf Serengeti Safaripark, Hodenhagen Tier-und Freizeitpark Thüle, Friesoythe Wildpark Schwarze Berge, Rosengarten Rügen Park, Gingst Affen-und Vogelpark...
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Baden-Württemberg 22,985 594 Lengerich North Rhine-Westphalia 22,980 595 Friesoythe Lower Saxony 22,945 596 Kitzingen Bavaria 22,945 597 Edewecht Lower Saxony...
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which was built in the 1920s. From there it flows through the towns Friesoythe and Barßel. West of the latter town, the Soeste flows into the Jümme,...
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severe fights during the last weeks of the Second World War. Coming from Friesoythe in the south, on April 17, 1945, Canadian troops had to conquer Edewecht...
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