Operation Plunder: How the Allies Finally Crossed the Rhine in 1945
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery meticulously planned the 21st Army Group crossing of the mighty Rhine. Heres What You Need to Know: Watching the offensive go forward, Churchill repeated to Eisenhower, “My dear general, the German is whipped. We have got him. He is all through.” “I am busy getting ready for the next battle,” Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery wrote his son David in early March 1945. This was just weeks before the start of Operation Plunder, which involved the a...
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