Special Forestry Platoon
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special-forestry-platoon-165-15230599
title:
Special Forestry Platoon
text:
The Special Forestry Platoon, nicknamed the woodchoppers of the Orne, was a non-combat penal military unit of the Belgian Army during World War I. As its name suggests, the unit specialized in forestry, specifically woodchopping, conducted as a form of penal labour. The unit, stationed in Orne, Normandy, France, consisted of 10 Flemish soldiers placed in the unit in 1918 as punishment for their active or passive involvement in the Flemish Movement. Fearing that the soldiers would desert to the C
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Belgian Army penal military unit of World War I
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forestry_Platoon
date created:
2020-03-02T11:55:54Z
date modified:
2024-06-16T23:47:56Z
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