Wars, politics & history

Operation Plunder

from 23 March 1945 to 24 March 1945

1945 operation, part of a coordinated set of Rhine crossings during WWII. It began on 23 March 1945 and lasted until 24 March 1945. The setting was North Rhine-Westphalia. It was part of Western Allied invasion of Germany. Those involved included the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Nazi Germany.

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