Operation Plunder
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operation-plunder-172-18346191
title:
Operation Plunder
text:
Operation Plunder was a military operation to cross the Rhine on the night of 23 March 1945, launched by the 21st Army Group under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. The crossing of the river was at Rees, Wesel, and south of the river Lippe by the British Second Army under Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, and the United States Ninth Army under Lieutenant General William H. Simpson. The Battle of the Rhine was crucial for the advancement of the Allied advance into Germany, and was planned by Mont
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Part of a coordinated set of Rhine crossings during WWII
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plunder
date created:
2004-03-18T17:05:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T22:39:17Z
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