Crossing of the Rhine

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World War II battle military operation

The Crossing of the Rhine was a pivotal Allied operation in March 1945 in which Western Allied forces breached Germany’s last major natural defensive barrier, opening the way for the final invasion of the German heartland.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Crossing of the Rhine canonical	18
Allied crossing of the Rhine	3
Battle of Remagen	2
Rhine crossing at Wesel	2
Allied advance to the Rhine	1
Crossing of the River Rhine in 1945	1
Remagen bridgehead	1
Rhine crossings of 1945	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aimedAt	defeating Nazi Germany in the west ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
commander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Courtney Hodges ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Jacob L. Devers ⓘ Omar Bradley ⓘ William H. Simpson ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryCrossedInto	Germany ⓘ
date	March 1945 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied invasion of western Germany ⓘ collapse of organized German resistance in the west ⓘ encirclement of the Ruhr ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
GermanCommander	Albert Kesselring ⓘ Walther Model ⓘ
involved	airborne forces ⓘ armored units ⓘ engineer units ⓘ
location	Germany ⓘ Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine River Western Europe ⓘ
notableEngagement	British and Canadian crossings in the Rees–Wesel sector ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ Operation Plunder ⓘ surface form: Operation Varsity U.S. First Army crossing at Remagen ⓘ U.S. Seventh Army crossings in southern Germany ⓘ Patton's Third Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Third Army crossings near Oppenheim capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen ⓘ
objective	establish bridgeheads across the Rhine River ⓘ penetrate into western Germany ⓘ
opponent	Army Group B ⓘ surface form: German Army Group B Wehrmacht ⓘ
participant	British Army ⓘ Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ surface form: Canadian Army French Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: French forces United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
precededBy	Allied advance across western Europe in 1944–1945 ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
riverCrossed	Rhine ⓘ
startDate	March 1945 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	breached Germany’s last major natural defensive barrier in the west ⓘ opened the way for the Allied invasion of the German heartland ⓘ
theater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
typeOfOperation	amphibious river crossing ⓘ combined arms operation ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Front → notableEvent → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Western Front → notableEvent → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

this entity surface form: Remagen bridgehead

Operation Plunder → alsoKnownAs → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine crossing at Wesel

Operation Plunder → precededBy → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied advance to the Rhine

12th Army Group → engagement → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

Western Allied invasion of Germany → hasPart → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

21st Army Group → operation → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

French First Army → engagement → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

British Second Army → operation → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

30th Corps → engagement → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: XXX Corps

this entity surface form: Rhine crossing at Wesel

U.S. Ninth Army → engagement → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

Rhineland campaign → followedBy → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

11th Armoured Division → participatedIn → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

Battle of Pollentia → after → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

Third United States Army → notableOperation → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

Northwest Europe → notableBattle → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

Commander of 21st Army Group → associatedOperation → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

British 6th Airborne Division → operation → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crossing of the River Rhine in 1945

Remagen, Germany → battle → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: Remagen

this entity surface form: Battle of Remagen

Ruhrkessel → precededBy → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied crossing of the Rhine

Battle of the Rhine → alsoKnownAs → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine crossings of 1945

Alsace campaign → followedBy → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied crossing of the Rhine

2nd TAF → engagement → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

North-West Europe campaign → keyEvent → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

6th Airborne Division → campaign → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

29th Armoured Brigade → notableEngagement → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

Defense of the Rhine → relatedEvent → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied crossing of the Rhine

Defense of the Rhine → relatedEvent → Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Remagen