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Before the days of the winning lottery numbers...

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...German machine gunners who were on the riverbank behind Bell-Irving's bridgehead came out of their posts in the morning for breakfast. Arriving where their kitchen had been with mess tins in hands, they were captured by the Canadians who had made the old German set up D Coy HQ. Amazingly, the Canadians caught 56 PWs in the line-up for chow.
Another group were captured when the Canadians cut the communication telephone line down to the river; the Germans sent a repair crew that was promptly taken prisoner.

Altogether, mopping up that morning was done without a shot fired and 150 Germans were sent to the Canadian rear.

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Very interesting piece of history,strange how these things happen in war.And thankfully are remembered.Sax
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