Rhineland Offensive

The Rhineland Offensive was a series of allied offensive operations by 21st Army Group commanded by Bernard Montgomery from 8 February 1945 to 25 March 1945, at the end of the Second World War. The operations were aimed at occupying the Rhineland and securing a passage over the Rhine river.[1]

Rhineland Offensive
Part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany in the Western Front of the European theatre of World War II

Allied tanks at the onset of Operation Veritable, 9 February 1945
Date8 February – 27 March 1945
Location
Reichswald, (Germany), and adjacent areas
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 United States		  Germany

It was part of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's "broad front" strategy to occupy the entire west bank of the Rhine before its crossing. The Rhineland Offensive encompassed Operation Veritable, Operation Grenade, Operation Blockbuster, Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity.[2]

Rhineland campaign (February-March 1945)

See also

Notes
  1. Paul Douglas Dickson (2007). A thoroughly Canadian general : a biography of General H.D.G. Crerar. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, p.360.
  2. Rosendaal, J. (2014). De Bevrijding in Beeld. Van Neerpelt tot Wesel, 1944–1945, Nijmegen, Vantilt, p.6. 9789081450003.

Further reading
  • Berkel, Alexander (2004). Krieg vor der Eigenen Haustür, Kleef, B.o.s.s. Druck und Medien. ISBN 3924380228.
  • Hag, Leo ten (2014). Het natuurgebied rondom Nijmegen bezien als militair landschap3. ISBN 9789090292595.
  • Rawson, A. (2006). The Rhine Crossing. 9th US Army & 17th US Airborne, South Yorkshire, Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 1844152324.
  • Rosendaal, J. (2014). De Bevrijding in Beeld. Van Neerpelt tot Wesel, 1944–1945, Nijmegen, Vantilt. ISBN 9789081450003.
  • Saunders, Tim (2006). Operation Plunder. The British & Canadian Rhine Crossing, South Yorkshire, Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 1844152219.
  • Whitaker, W.D. en Whitaker, S. (1989). Rhineland. The Battle to end the war., Stoddart. ISBN 978-0312034191.
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