Non-fully-hierarchical website structure and use of breadcrumbs

I have a web page with a menu on the left. Each choice can bring to either:

  • A single page
  • A wizard

  • Or a hierarchical series of pages, where I can drill down.

     Left panel        Right side

 Item 1 ---------> single page
 Item 2 ---------> wizard
 Item 3 ---------> hierarchical
 Item 4 ---------> wizard

Now, I want to add something to allow the user to go back more easily in hierarchical or wizard pages.

I thought about using a breadcrumb, but it works well only for hierarchical pages. I cannot use it in wizards or single pages.

I want to have my pages coherent, so I was thinking to a different solution. Any idea?

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