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Old December 3rd, 2006, 11:10 AM
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Originally posted by JTF-2:
So who did get him? All that I read above say it was a Canadian that got Wittman. Was the 1st Northamptonshire Canadian?
No, they were part of the British Army and a tank unit in 33rd Armoured Brigade. Good article (although it is for FOW wargaming) here:

http://www.flamesofwar.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=313

There has always been some debate over who killed Wittmann. A good on-line article is here:

http://www.panzerace.net/english/pz_bio_05.asp?page=3
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