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Battle of Elbe

Name: Battle of Elbe – United States of America factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1945

William Hood SimpsonApril 1945

Elbe · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Secures a bridgehead over the Elbe, 60 miles west of Berlin

Names involved

William Hood Simpson

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