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Title
The Roer Bridgehead
Description
The GIs had been poised before the Roer for days. German engineers had skillfully blown the upriver dam floodgates so that the Roer had run fierce and wide. Now, with the river still in flood but navigable, the concentrated might of the US Army would try to cross the …
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Source
Publisher
Date
1945-02-23
Scenario#
U43
Scenario Description
The GIs had been poised before the Roer for days. German engineers had skillfully blown the upriver dam floodgates so that the Roer had run fierce and wide. Now, with the river still in flood but navigable, the concentrated might of the US Army would try to cross the Roer into Germany's heartland.
Location
Koerrenzig, Germany
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
During World War II, Operation Grenade was the crossing of the Roer river between Roermond and Düren by the U.S. Ninth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson, in February 1945, which marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of Germany.
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Combatants
German
American
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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