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13 JUNE 1944

01 Frustration in the east

 Attacking south-westward on 11 June, the British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division runs into stiff resistance from the veteran German 21st Panzer Division, thwarting the advance of Field Marshal Montgomery’s left, or eastern,

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