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0655 hrs Monday, 23rd July 1945, Hotel Neese, B.O.Q. Building, Div HQ, ‘15
th’
US Armored Division, Schlangen, US Occupied Germany.
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0655 hrs Monday, 23rd July 1945, Former SS Panzer Training Centre, Paderborn, US Occupied Germany.
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Chapter 22 – THE BROTHERHOOD
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1430 hrs Monday, 23rd July 1945, Former SS Panzer Training grounds, Paderborn, British Occupied Germany.
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1602 hrs Monday, 23rd July 1945, Former SS Panzer Training grounds, Paderborn, British Occupied Germany.
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Chapter 23 – THE REPORTS
.
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1430 hrs Wednesday, 25th July 1945, Soviet Military Intelligence Headquarters, Schloss Gundorf, Leipzig, Soviet Occupied Germany.
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Chapter 24 – THE EXECUTIONS
.
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1210 hrs Friday, 27th July 1945, The Kremlin, Moscow, USSR.
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Chapter 25 – THE BOY
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1210 hrs Friday, 27th July 1945, Tank Laager, Stendal, Soviet Occupied Germany.
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Chapter 26 – THE PARATROOPER
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0705 hrs Monday, 30th July 1945, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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Chapter 27 – THE CHANCE
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1659 hrs Monday, 30th July 1945, Bossong’s, Quai de Pêcheurs, Selestat, French Alsace.
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Chapter 28 – THE DATE
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1410 hrs Wednesday, 1st August 1945, The Kremlin, Moscow, USSR.
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Chapter 29 – THE CAMP
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2154 hrs Friday, 3rd August 1945, Soviet POW Camp, Ex- OFLAG XVIIa, Edelbach, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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Chapter 30 – THE AIRCRAFT
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2155 hrs Friday, 3rd August 1945, Airborne approx 400 ft above Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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Chapter 31 – THE OPPORTUNITY
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2155 hrs Friday, 3rd August 1945, Soviet POW Camp, Ex- OFLAG XVIIa, Edelbach, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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2302 hrs Friday, 3rd August 1945, Gopfritz am der Wild. Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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Chapter 32 – THE RAILWAY
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0002 hrs Saturday, 4th August 1945, On eastbound train, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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Chapter 33 – THE RAILYARD
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0920 hrs Saturday, 4th August 1945, Persenbeug, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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Chapter 34 – THE DANUBE
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2255 hrs Saturday, 4th August 1945, Ybbs an der Donau, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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0155 hrs Sunday, 5th August 1945, Ybbs an der Donau, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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0503 hrs Sunday, 5th August 1945, Ybbs an der Donau, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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0657 hrs Sunday, 5th August 1945, Ybbs an der Donau, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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1147 hrs Sunday, 5th August 1945, Ybbs an der Donau, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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1313 hrs Sunday, 5th August 1945, Ybbs an der Donau, Soviet Occupied Lower Austria.
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Chapter 35 – THE PEACE
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2125 hrs Sunday, 5th August 1945, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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2158 hrs Sunday, 5th August 1945, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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Chapter 36 – THE GENERAL
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0104 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Enns, US Occupied Upper Austria.
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0223 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Enns, US Occupied Upper Austria
 
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0545 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Salzburg, US Occupied Upper Austria.
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Chapter 37 – THE ZILANTS
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Early Morning, Monday, 6th August 1945, Airborne over Allied occupied Germany.
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Chapter 38 – THE CHÂTEAU
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0401 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, With the Zilant #4 Group, Airborne over Allied occupied Germany.
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0420 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Zilant #4 Group, Saint-Hippolyte drop zone, French Alsace.
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0510 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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0535 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Temporary Military Laager, Selestat, French Alsace.
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0555 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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0608 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Approach roads to the Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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0609 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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0620 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, North road approach to the Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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0623 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Lower Courtyard, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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0657 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, French Alsace.
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Chapter 39 – THE BALTIC
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0521 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Aboard ShCh-307, Baltic Sea, 20kms East-South-East of Gedser Point, Lolland, Denmark.
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Chapter 40 – THE ATTACK
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0522 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Headquarters of Red Banner Forces of Soviet Europe, Schloss Schönefeld, Leipzig.
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0531 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, Sterninghofen Bridge, US Occupied Lower Austria.
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CHAPTER 41 – THE PILOT
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0535 hrs Monday, 6th August 1945, 182 Squadron, RAF, Rheine Airfield, Germany.
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