Liberation of Zwolle
Liberation of Zwolle | |||||||
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Part of World War II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Canada | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Léo Major Willy Arsenal † | unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 men | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 man | unknown |
On the 13th of April 1945, Zwolle (a Dutch town) was liberated by one Canadian soldier called Leo major.
History[change | change source]
6 June 1944 - 13 April 1945[change | change source]
Léo Major would land at the beaches of Normandy, he even single handedly captured a armoured vehicle and found some secret German codes.
He would later find a SS unit and killed four men but one of them threw a phosphorus greanade at him and tore upped his left eye.
Later he would be on a scouting mission and discovered about 100 German men at a camp so major walks throw the canal and wakes up the German officer to tell his men to surrender, as they were walking another camp sees him and opened fire until an allied tank showed up.
Liberating Zwolle[change | change source]
Léo and his friend willy were on a mission to Zwolle to liberate the town, willy would take the north and Léo would take the west, but willy dies, but Léo would get his revenge, Léo would shoot machine guns and throw Grenades to make the Germans think an entire allied army was attacking, four hours later the Germans retreats and Léo contacts the Dutch resistance, Zwolle was liberated.
After[change | change source]
Léo would fight in the Korean War and after he would retire from army service and die in 2008 at the age of 87.