Hi all, I am (tsk tsk) finally going through the War Diary of 102 Anti-Tank Reg't which I have had for a while but overlooked finishing reading....
[ATTACH] This picture was shot on March 27th or 28th, 1945, after the Rhine Crossing - in the sector just south of Wesel, Germany. The 30th US...
Hello, does anyone have copies of (or a link to) the war diary of the 44th Bn/Royal Tank Regiment for the month of March 1945? And if so, would...
Hello, this boat was found in the river Rhine near Bislich/Xanten, where 15th Scottish division crossed the river on 24 March 1945 and where Royal...
SSM. Lawrence William "Buck" Turnbull (4343733) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) Operation Varsity On the 24th March 1945 during the airborne...
OPERATION PLUNDER. Crossing the Rhine by XII Corps.
In Alan Cooper’s book Wot! No Engines F/Sgt. John Crane, an RAF Glider pilot, identifies himself as the man on the left of the Hamminkeln sign...
Whilst visiting the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery earlier this month, a group of people approached myself and another guy I was talking to. They...
With the 70th Anniversary of the Rhine Crossing fast upon us I thought this segment from Canadian Army Newsreel No. 67 might be of interest. Many...
I'm planning to take my 94 year old father back to the Nijmegen/Kleve/Goch area next month to re-visit some of the route he took in 1945. He was...
Part I : The assault across the Rhine: Operation TURNSCREW "Over the Rhine, then, let us go. And good hunting to you all on the other side."...
Definitive account in the Regimental History "Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard" (2001) Volume 2 page 246. Joe Brown.
The 8RS passed through the position being held by the 7th/9th RS at Xanten. The 8RS then crossed the Rhine in three waves, 'A' and 'B' Companies...
EDITED Please read on for the full diaries and reports.
30000 tons of RE stores, 19000 feet of Bailey for 16 bridges. 1125 miles of piping was used to transfer petrol to Eindhoven, 4 forestry companies...
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