Streetfights in the Pontanusstraat in 1944 during operation Nutcracker in Blerick a suburb of Venlo.
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Scottish soldiers of the infantry in action during Operation Nutcracker.
Street were cleared of the presence of German soldiers.
In the background we see houses on the Antoniuslaan that
were destroyed during the bombardment earlier in the day.
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Soldier of the 6thBattalion, King’s Own Scottish Borders before a building in Blerick,
a suburb of Venlo, the Netherlands during operation Nutcracker in 1944.
Note the blast impact still visibible in the now photo.
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Soldiers of the Royal Scots 15th infantry division in Blerick a suburb of Venlo, during operation Nutcracker in january 1945.
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