Operation Flashpoint (1945)

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Crossing the Rhine on March 22-28, 1945
Map of the Allied military operations in the period from March 24 to 28, 1945 on the Lower Rhine

The Operation Flashpoint was a part of under the code name Operation Plunder carried out crossing the Rhine by the Allies during the Second World War . It began on March 24, 1945 and had the goal of building a bridgehead on the right bank of the Rhine between Wesel and Walsum .

The operation was led by General William H. Simpson , Commander in Chief of the US 9th Army . While the 30th US Infantry Division attacked between Wesel and Möllen , the 79th US Infantry Division concentrated on the section between Möllen and Walsum. General Alfred Schlemm was on the German side with the 1st Parachute Army .

literature

  • Christopher Chant: The encyclopedia of codenames of World War II , ISBN 978-0-7102-0718-0 .
  • Charles B. MacDonald: The Last Offensive. (United States Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations). Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. Washington DC 1973. ( pp. 303-309 , table of contents )
  • Andrew Rawson: The Rhine Crossing - Operation Flashpoint & Varsity 9th US Army & 17th US Airborne . Barnsley, England 2006, ISBN 978-1-84415-232-2 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).