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Raid on Hammelburg
Part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany in the Western Front of the European theatre of World War II
An M4 medium tank of the 47th Tank Bn., 14th Armored Division crashes into the prison compound at Oflag XIII-B, 6 April 1945 - two weeks after the failed Task Force Baum raid.
11 officers and 303 men 16 tanks, 28 half-tracks, and 13 other vehicles
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Casualties and losses
32 killed 256 wounded, missing or captured All tanks and vehicles destroyed or captured
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Oflag XIII-B
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Hammelburg, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
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