Reichswald

The Reichswald is the 5-mile gap between the Maas and Rhine and the natural advance route from the German-Dutch border to the Ruhr. After amassing troops to get a numerical advantage near Groesbeek, the allies advanced towards Kleve. The German …

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The Reichswald is the 5-mile gap between the Maas and Rhine and the natural advance route from the German-Dutch border to the Ruhr. After amassing troops to get a numerical advantage near Groesbeek, the allies advanced towards Kleve. The German Reichswald defenses were thin, about 11,000 men. One of the defending battalions was a “stomach” outfit, made up of men with various stomach ailments, another was made up of deaf men. The Germans however were holding the Siegfried Line, providing them with plenty of defensive barriers. And they had flooded the area north and south of the Reichswald narrowing the gap even more. They also had paratroopers in reserve, tough, well-trained men full of fight. More bad news fell on the advancing allies in the form of a cold penetrating rain that would fall for 5-6 days adding to the floods.

Kleve, Germany

Operation Veritable was the northern part of an Allied pincer movement that took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945 during the final stages of the Second World War. The operation was conducted by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 2ist Army Group, primarily consisting of the First Canadian Army under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar and the British XXX Corps under Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks.

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