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The Staffordshire Yeomanry to Blainville

1944-06-06 · Blainville near Caen · France

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The Staffordshire Yeomanry together with The King's Stropshire Light Regiment to Blainville. Arrived there ar 16:00. Near the forest of Liesby they met 40 German tanks. 

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