Operation Plunder was a military operation to cross the Rhine on the night of 23 March 1945, launched by the 21st Army Group under Field Marshal Bernard...
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Operation Plunder Dome was an undercover investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into political corruption within the government of the City...
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from the Normandy beachhead, operations to close up to the Maas, and the assault crossing of the Rhine (Operation Plunder). The need for a higher organisational...
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is the largest airborne operation ever conducted on a single day and in one location. Varsity was part of Operation Plunder, the Anglo-American-Canadian...
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redeployment of three divisions from Italy under Operation Goldflake. The next major operation was Operation Plunder—the assault crossing of the Rhine on 23 March...
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an assault crossing of the Rhine (Operation Plunder). 8th AGRA was assigned to support XII Corps for this operation. 15th (Scottish) Division was selected...
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Western Allied invasion of Germany (category World War II operations and battles of the Western European Theatre)
large bridgehead on the river's east bank. During Operation Lumberjack, Operation Plunder and Operation Undertone, German casualties during February–March...
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from the Normandy beachhead, operations to close up to the Maas, and the assault crossing of the Rhine (Operation Plunder). The regiment continued in the...
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1st Special Service Brigade (section Operation Plunder)
the remarkable success of Operation Plunder on 23 March, which incurred less than 100 casualties. Operation Plunder started at 1800 hours on 23 March with...
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they were required for Operation "Plunder", the crossing of the Rhine. Commencing on the night of 23 March 1945, Operation Plunder was the crossing of the...
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Operation Keystone was a British special forces operation carried out by a Jeep-mounted Squadron of the 2nd Special Air Service under the command of Major...
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lines of communication for the planned assault crossing of the Rhine (Operation Plunder), additional bridges were constructed over the Maas at Venlo. 15th...
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into Germany, crossing the Rhine in March during Operation Plunder. As a result of Operation Plunder, the city of Arnhem was finally liberated by I Canadian...
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Bernard Montgomery (section Operation Market Garden)
Ninth Army and the First Allied Airborne Army, crossed the Rhine in Operation Plunder in March 1945. By the end of the war, troops under Montgomery's command...
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Buddy Cianci (section Operation Plunder Dome)
after the indictment but poked fun at the investigation, code-named "Operation Plunder Dome". Nine people (including Cianci) were convicted in the trials...
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77th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (section Operation Plunder)
an assault crossing of the Rhine (Operation Plunder) and 8 AGRA was assigned to support XII Corps for this operation. 15th (Scottish) Division was selected...
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Second World War. Archway was initially intended to support Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity, the crossings of the River Rhine at Rees, Wesel, and...
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not scheduled to take part in the assault crossing of the Rhine (Operation Plunder), 110th LAA Rgt played a full part with the other follow-up divisions'...
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a pause along the Rhine while Montgomery's 21st Army Group began Operation Plunder, a large, carefully planned movement across the Rhine near Düsseldorf...
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Army Group (Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery) crossed the Rhine in Operation Plunder on 23 March. The lead elements of the two Allied army groups met on...
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Scheldt estuary (Operation Infatuate), the battle for the Roer Triangle (Operation Blackcock), the Rhine crossings (Operation Plunder) and the Elbe crossing...
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Rhineland Offensive encompassed Operation Veritable, Operation Grenade, Operation Blockbuster, Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity. Forces deployed North...
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No. 3 Commando (section Final operations)
early 1945 before taking part in the advance into Germany as part of Operation Plunder. Following the end of the war, No. 3 Commando carried out occupation...
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the operation; 93rd LAA Rgt provided a small HQ and REME detachment for these units. The regiment was given a special role in Operation Plunder because...
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breach the Rhine, which he entitled Operation Plunder, and which was subsequently authorized by Eisenhower. Plunder envisioned the British Second Army...
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Looten Plunder, a villain in the television program Captain Planet and the Planeteers Plunder (comics), a villain in DC Comics Operation Plunder, a World...
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21st Army Group (section Operation Market Garden)
Group during the drive to the Rhine (Operations Veritable and Grenade), the Rhine crossings (Operation Plunder) and the battle of the Ruhr Pocket until...
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the Rhine, entitled Operation Plunder and First Allied Airborne Army was tasked to support it in an operation code-named Operation Varsity. Three airborne...
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corruption probe of then-Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci known as Operation Plunder Dome. He lectured at journalism schools throughout the country and...
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capture, two weeks before Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's planned Operation Plunder, enabled the U.S. Army to establish a bridgehead on the eastern side...
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