Operation Plunder: The British & Canadian Rhine Crossing

This WWII history and battlefield guide examines the Allied push across the Rhine with maps, photos, and informative text.
By late March of 1945, the advance through Europe had brought Allied forces to Hitler's doorstep. Second British Army and Ninth US Army were poised to carry out an assault crossing of the Rhine. In the British part of the operations, Field Marshal Montgomery's best assault divisions were assembled to carry out the British and Canadian part of the attack between Emmerich...