MAG 53 Crusader
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A Brief History of Operation Crusader
Sergeant Walter Heller was with the second Royal Gloucestershire in North Africa during Operation Crusader. His brother Francis had died at Arras when the Germans had pushed through the year before, and he hated his commanding officer Ronald for it. The heat of the place was still something of a shock to him after only being down there two weeks by then. He managed to get three M1340s fired on an Italian panzer - but they were all destroyed within hours.
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