The Liberation of Ypres in WWII - Lock, Chris; Kola&; Kola&
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The 1st Polish Armoured Division liberated Ypres in 1944, aided by Resistance efforts, civilian sacrifices, and Czechoslovak officers' contributions. Walk in the tank tracks and footsteps of Major General Stanislaw Maczek and his 1st Polish Armoured Division (1PAD) soldiers who fought, fell or were wounded liberating the town of Ypres on 6th September 1944. Also revealed is the great support offered by local Resistance groups who supplied topographical assistance, information concerning enemy strong points and troop numbers, offered limited engagements, and finally assisted with the temporary…mehr

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The 1st Polish Armoured Division liberated Ypres in 1944, aided by Resistance efforts, civilian sacrifices, and Czechoslovak officers' contributions. Walk in the tank tracks and footsteps of Major General Stanislaw Maczek and his 1st Polish Armoured Division (1PAD) soldiers who fought, fell or were wounded liberating the town of Ypres on 6th September 1944. Also revealed is the great support offered by local Resistance groups who supplied topographical assistance, information concerning enemy strong points and troop numbers, offered limited engagements, and finally assisted with the temporary gaoling of the many German prisoners of war. The book also commemorates those townsfolk including children who lost their lives over this period of short but intense fighting. Such was the cost of freedom for the beleaguered citizens of Ypres during WW2. Also remembered are those Czechoslovak officers attached to 1PAD from the Independent Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade Group commanded by Brigadier General Alois Liska, whose HQ was located at nearby Wormhout, France, in preparation for his own Battlegroup's 'Siege of Dunkirk' deployment.
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Chris Lock served in the Junior Leaders Regiment Royal Armoured Corps and 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. On conclusion of his military contract, Chris served with Avon Fire and Rescue Service for 27 years, mostly in the role of Crew Commander. In 2006, Chris moved with his Czechoslovakia-born wife Milena Kolaříková to Ypres in Belgium, where they lived till 2018. Together they created a successful battlefield touring company Lest We Forget Battlefield Tours - Flanders. Chris founded the Tank Memorial Ypres Salient and initiated 'To Their Memory' commemorative plaque to the local WWII Resistance members, located on the wall of the Hotel Regina in Ypres. Together with Milena, they also organised annual remembrance ceremonies at the graves of the RAF airmen killed in action during the REF Operation Circus 157 on 5 May 1942. Chris was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in 2023 as founder of the Tank Memorial Ypres Salient, the Tank Corps Garden of Remembrance, Belgium and his extensive remembrance work.