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On 8 November 1942 this colonel played a crucial role in the Allied invasion of North Africa, attempting to secure the surrender of Vichy French forces and then leading an assault to secure the Moroccan beachhead
On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying
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