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Operation Amherst
Part of the Western Front of 1944-45 in the European theatre of World War II
Monument in Assen, the Netherlands
Date
7–8 April 1945
Location
Drenthe, Netherlands
Result
Allied victory
Belligerents
France United Kingdom Netherlands Canada
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Mike Calvert Pierre Sicaud
Strength
Special Air Service
3 SAS (French)
4 SAS (French)
8th Reconnaissance Regiment
Elements of the 25th Army
Casualties and losses
34 killed 60 wounded 69 captured[1]
300 killed or wounded 187 captured[2]
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Liberation of the Netherlands
Market Garden
Joe's Bridge
Nijmegen
1st Arnhem
Berlin
Pegasus
Nijmegen salient
Scheldt
Breskens
Hoogerheide
Walcheren
Infatuate
Overloon
Putten
Pheasant
Broekhuizen
Blackcock
Kapelsche Veer
Texel
Amherst
Keystone
2nd Arnhem
Groningen
Otterloo
Manna & Chowhound
Chronology of the liberation
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