Operation Elephant
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Operation Elephant was the codename of an Allied operation against German
paratroopers holding a bridge at Kapelsche Veer, Maas River, Netherlands
. The small ferry slip was heavily defended and the Canadians of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment
suffered 300 casualties before winning.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
paratroopers holding a bridge at Kapelsche Veer, Maas River, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The small ferry slip was heavily defended and the Canadians of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based in St Catharines and Welland, Ontario.The Regimental Colonel-in-Chief is The Countess of Wessex and...
suffered 300 casualties before winning.