The Rhineland Offensive
This documentary places the other videos on this website in an overall context. Anyone interested in detailed information on the course of the fighting on the Lower Rhine is recommended to watch this excellently prepared series, which uses original film footage and animated map material to illustrate the troop movements of the Allied forces and the Wehrmacht. The three-part documentary includes Operations Veritable and Blockbuster.
Situation at the beginning of 1945, Operation Veritable: logistical preparations, onset of thaw, defence lines, Westwall workers, attack strategy, troop strengths, artillery fire, advancing troops, Buffalos in the flooded zones, fighting in destroyed Kleve
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Battle for the Rhineland Part 1 - Operation Veritable - The first 3 days
Länge: 24 Minuten, mit Ton
Delay of the advance, German counterattack, units involved, air support, fighting and capture of the Reichswald, Moyländer Wälder, advance towards Goch, capture of Goch on day 14, destruction of Bleijenbeek
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Battle for the Rhineland Part 2 - Operation Veritable - From Kleve to Goch
Länge: 20 Minuten, mit Ton
Strategy Operation Blockbuster, Operation Grenade: Americans cross the Rur, Hochwald Gap, German troops retreat to the right bank of the Rhine, discussion and analysis of the mistakes made by officers of the Northern Army Group (1982)
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Battle for the Rhineland Part 3 - Operation Blockbuster - Final Moves
Länge: 30 Minuten, mit Ton