WALKING HOME
""GERMANS IN HOLLAND RUGBY, May 22. Over 100,000 Germans will begin to walk home on Friday from Holland, says a correspondent with the Canadian Army. Most will foot it all the way except for the crossing of part of the Zuyder Zee. One thousand German service women, 8000 veterans and 29,000 men will go by sea. mostly in German naval vessels, which will dock at Wilhelmshaven. The remaining 48,000 will travel roughly 230 miles on foot.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25852, 24 May 1945, Page 5
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