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    Operation Lumberjack was a military operation with the goal of capturing the west bank of the Rhine River and seizing key German cities, near the end...
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    Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees. The term usually...
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  • Look up lumberjack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry. Lumberjack, lumberjacks or The Lumberjack may also...
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    Battle of Cologne (1945) (category Military operations of World War II involving Germany)
    The Battle of Cologne was part of Operation Lumberjack and refers to the Allied advance that took place from 5 to 7 March 1945, which led to the capture...
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    the east bank between two hills flanking the river. Midway through Operation Lumberjack, on 7 March 1945, the troops of the 1st U.S. Army approached Remagen...
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    Western Allied invasion of Germany (category World War II operations and battles of the Western European Theatre)
    1945, and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945; these are considered separate from the main invasion operation. The Allied invasion...
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    established a large bridgehead on the river's east bank. During Operation Lumberjack and Operation Plunder in February–March 1945, German casualties are estimated...
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    German spring offensive of that year. The Guard Ersatz Division fought in Operation Michael against the British in March, and in the Second Battle of the...
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    Operation Attleboro. 1967 saw the division in Operation Cedar Falls, Operation Junction City, Operation Manhattan, Operation Billings, and Operation Shenandoah...
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    Forward South (AFwdS). In March, the U.S. Twelfth Army Group launched Operation Lumberjack, an offensive to clear the Germans west of the Rhine. Pash, who was...
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    On 12 March 1945, nearly a week after the U.S. Army had launched Operation Lumberjack to cross the Rhine River, the Ho 229 was included in the Jäger-Notprogramm...
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    Battle of Remagen (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Belgium)
    but failed. Operation Lumberjack was planned to prepare the way for Field Marshal Montgomery's massive Operation Plunder, an operation that rivaled the...
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    II, one track was planked over to allow vehicular traffic. During Operation Lumberjack, on 7 March 1945, troops of the U.S. Army's 9th Armored Division...
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    Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American and Canadian folklore. His tall tales revolve around his superhuman labors, and he is customarily...
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    conflicts, "battle" has meant "military campaign"—larger and longer military operations, on the operational or even strategic level—such as the Battle of the...
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    heavy fighting by the U.S. 87th Infantry Division in support of Operation Lumberjack. Between 1947 and 1950, it served as the seat of government of Rhineland-Palatinate...
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    1945 Operation Lumberjack Battle of Remagen Western Allied invasion of Germany: March–May 1945 Operation Undertone Operation Plunder Operation Varsity...
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    began, and First Army was transferred back to 12th Army Group. In Operation Lumberjack, First Army closed up to the lower Rhine by 5 March, and the higher...
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    Texas and in the Philippine Islands. His first significant military operation was under the command of Brigadier General John J. Pershing, who led an...
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    Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September...
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    Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western...
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  • the arch-persecutor of the Dutch. March 7 – WWII: At the end of Operation Lumberjack, American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine at Remagen...
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    holding the right flank of the gains made during the failed Market Garden operation, the 104th Infantry Division was to participate in the First Canadian...
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    of the Bulge. It bombed military installations near Wesel during Operation Lumberjack, the Allied assault across the Rhine. Its last combat mission was...
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    February 1945) Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 30 January 1945) Operation Lumberjack (in the night of 7 to 8 March 1945) In 1952 the cemetery was handed...
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  • Battle of Kesternich (category Battles and operations of World War II)
    the Bulge, and the assault on the Roer River dams at the outset of Operation Lumberjack. Kesternich is a small village, which in 1944-1945 consisted of about...
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    conquered and occupied -similar to Cologne- early March 1945 as part of Operation Lumberjack by the First United States Army. In addition to 4 subdivisions, Wesseling...
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  • subsequently sold Mordam outright to Lumberjack Distribution in 2005. It continued as a part of the Lumberjack Mordam Music Group. With record sales...
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  • / wars World War II Siegfried Line Campaign Battle of the Bulge Operation Lumberjack Awards Presidential Unit Citation Belgian Croix de Guerre French...
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    Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (German: Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United...
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