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LOCATION GERMAN DIVISI<!JS FRANC AND LOWLANDS FOU.OWS COLON PAREN WAR

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EIGHT SEVEN PAREN CONTACTED IN COMBAT AREA SEMICOLON ON CONTENTIN PENINSULA NORTH TO

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INGEN COWA. SEVEN <fiE SIX INF PANZER IEHR DIV COMMA. SS HITLER .3"UG!NDT WENT <fiE
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ADOLPH HITLER ANTWERP AND SS REICH llCIJTAUBAN PARAGRAPH PARACHUTE THIRD HUELGOAT FIFTH

RmNES PARAGRAPH INFANTRY FORTY SEVmTH CALAIS FORTY EICHTH DIX :WO EBELGIUll F:QRTY
NINTH BOULOGNE TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIRST SETE RPT SETE TWO HUNDRED SEVmTY SECOND
PERPIGNAN TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIFTH VANNES TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY SIXTH BAYCIJNE TWO
HUNDRED "SEVENTY SEVENTH NARBONNE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIRST PAS DE CALAIS AREA THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY THIRD LANDIVISIAU SEVENTY SEVENTH ST llALO EIGHTY FOURTH FE CAMP RPT
FE CAilP EIGHTY FIFTH CRECY TWO HUNDRED FORTY SECOND TOULON 'IWO FORTY FOURTH MARSEILLES
TWO HUNDRED FORTY FIFTH ST LO PAREN DOUBTFUL PAREN TWO SIXTY FIFTH QUDlPER TWO HUNDRED
SIXTY SIXTH ST BRIEUC THREE HUNDRED NINETEENTH CHANNEL ISLANDS THREE HUNDBED 'l'Wl!NTY
SIXTH ST OllER THREE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHTH ARLES THREE HUNDRED FORTY 'HURD BREST THREE
HUNDRED FORTY FOURTH KOllTREUIL THREE HUNDRED FORTY SEVENTH DENHEIDER THREE HUNDRED
FORTY EIGHTH ABBEVILLE SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTH ROCHE FORT SEVl HUNDRED EIEVmTH HONFLEUR
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HUNDRED FIFTY SEVENTH GRmOBLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY NINTH ARCACH<Il ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIFTH

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WALCHEREN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SECOND CASSEL. ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINTH CLERMONT
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ONE SEVEN NINE AND TWO SEVEN THREE PZ RESERVE NOW NINE COMMA ONE ONE SIX AND ElEVEN
PANZER RESPECTIVELY PARAGRAPH BEUEVED ENROUTE TO CelffiAT AREA ARE FOllOWING COLON
SS REICH AND ADOLPH E HITLER C014MA THIRD PARACHUTE SEVENTY SEYmTH INF AND SOME
INDICATIONS OF MOVEMENT IN AREAS OF SECOND COWA ELEVENTH AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTEPNTH
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