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TIL of Léo Major. A Canadian soldier who single handedly captured 93 German soldiers and liberated the city of Zwolle, broke his back, went AWOA from hospital, rejoined his troops and then captured another 100 Germans and re-iberated the city of Zwolle again, by himself.

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