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    After landing in Normandy on August the First, a Polish Armoured Division helped the Canadians in closing the Falaise Gap, marched with them towards the Seine, and in September reached the Somme, Antwerp and the Scheldt. Who was their famous commander who died in 1994 at the age of 102?

    Question #60370. Asked by Flem-ish. (Nov 04 05 7:50 AM)


    thejeester

    		General Stanislaw Maczek

    Nov 04 05, 10:49 AM
    Flem-ish

    		Exactly. And much is owed to him and his soldiers
    by the people whose liberator he was.

    Nov 04 05, 11:09 AM

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