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Combat History of the 8th ID in WW2: Chapter 8 (1267 words) |
 | The XVIII Corps, which included at this time also the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Armored Division, was to attack across the Elbe, east of Hamburg, with the primary mission of protecting the flank of the British Second Army. |
| British units, after crossing the Elbe northwest of the XVIII Corps, were to drive northeast to Wismar, cutting off the Danish peninsula. |
| British troops, which had crossed the Elbe at 0200 on the previous day, were advancing rapidly against light resistance. |
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