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Air support armed with rockets was relentless.
Our Spitfires and Typhoons behave like real typhoons.
Moerdijk is fortified and well defended. Concrete bunkers protect the Germans from artillery fire. The Germans hold on. Here, the British command agreed for the first time that we should use 'Crocodile' flamethrowers1 and mortars coupled to the Sherman chassis.
Finally, on 7 November, the left bank of the Meuse, from the mouth to a few dozen kilometres upstream, was freed from the enemy.
At the last moment, the Germans blew up the bridges over the Meuse and these hung pitifully in the water and were watched by our soldiers leaving the Meuse behind.
The C.K.M. squadron, thanks to its soldiers, did well again this time.
The individual platoons fought with a great sense of sacrifice, keeping pace with the advancing battalions. Often they assumed tasks that were not their responsibility.

 

Kazimierz Duda - War Chronicles - 7 November 1944 - Page 98

1 This is the Churchil Mark IV 'Crocodile' tank which could project flames up to ten metres.

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