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    The 4th Canadian Division attacked and captured the German-held town of Friesoythe in northwest Germany on April 14, 1945 near the end of World War II. After the battalion commander was killed by a German soldier, though it was reported as being by a civilian, the division's commander Major-General Christopher Vokes ordered the town to be razed in retaliation, substantially destroying it. Twenty German civilians died during the fighting in Friesoythe and the rubble from the destroyed town was used to fill craters in local roads.

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    The 4th Canadian Division attacked and captured the German-held town of Friesoythe in northwest Germany on April 14, 1945 near the end of World War II. After the battalion commander was killed by a German soldier, though it was reported as being by a civilian, the division's commander Major-General Christopher Vokes ordered the town to be razed in retaliation, substantially destroying it. Twenty German civilians died during the fighting in Friesoythe and the rubble from the destroyed town was used to fill craters in local roads.

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    The 4th Canadian Division attacked and captured the German-held town of Friesoythe in northwest Germany on April 14, 1945 near the end of World War II. After the battalion commander was killed by a German soldier, though it was reported as being by a civilian, the division's commander Major-General Christopher Vokes ordered the town to be razed in retaliation, substantially destroying it. Twenty German civilians died during the fighting in Friesoythe and the rubble from the destroyed town was used to fill craters in local roads.

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    The Razing of Friesoythe took place on 14 April 1945 towards the end of World War II.

    The 4th
    Canadian (Armoured) Division, advancing into north-west Germany, attacked the German-held town
    of Friesoythe. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada captured the town. During the
    fighting the battalion's commander was killed by a German soldier, but it was reported that he had
    been killed by a civilian. The division's commander, Major-General Christopher Vokes, ordered that
    the town be razed in retaliation, and it was substantially destroyed. Twenty German civilians died in
    Friesoythe during the fighting. The rubble of the town was used to fill craters in local roads to make
    them passable for the division's tanks and heavy vehicles. Little official notice was taken of the
    incident and the Canadian Army official history glosses over it. Forty years later, Vokes wrote in his
    autobiography that he had "no great remorse over the elimination of Friesoythe"

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