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I Could Have Killed Hitler at Menin Cross Roads
The 1914 action at Menin Cross Roads features Private Tandey who recalls nearly firing on Corporal Hitler. Tandey, later a Coventry commissionaire, describes trenches, pig-filled shelling, and the moment Hitler’s fate could have changed. He survived to recount the tale in 1939.
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Coventry Motor Works
Green Howards
Europe
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Menn Cross Roads
Berchtesgaden
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Menin Cross Roads
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