What the records say
- When
- 16 Dec 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.64° N, 4.67° E
- Description
- battle
- War
- World War II
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Operation Greif
World War II Nazi special-ops mission
Operation Greif was a special operation commanded by Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The operation was the brainchild of Adolf Hitler, and its purpose was to capture one or more of the bridges over the Meuse River before they could be destroyed. German soldiers, wearing captured British and U.S.
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