Black Friday (1944)
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black-friday-1944-309-7683888
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Black Friday (1944)
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Black Friday was the nickname given by the 1st Battalion The Black Watch of Canada to the date 13 October 1944. On that day, during World War II's Battle of the Scheldt in The Netherlands, the regiment attacked German positions on a raised railway embankment near the village of Hoogerheide after advancing across 1,200 yards of open beet fields. When final casualty totals were tabulated, it was determined the battalion had lost 145 men killed or captured; fifty-six men were killed, including all
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2023-11-01T13:13:24Z
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13
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14