From the Ardennes to crossing the Rhine
With the failure of their Ardennes Offensive at the Battle of the Bulge, German forces retreated back towards the Siegfried Line on the Dutch-German border. By March 1945, after bitter fighting across the border and in the nearby forests, the Allies had pushed the Germans back over the River Rhine. Operation Plunder and its airborne component Operation Varsity gave the Allies a bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Rhine ready for the final push into Nazi Germany.
Private Frank Victor Read, 14984652, The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards (Yorkshire Rgt.)) Bn.
Lieutenant Michael Henry Aidan Robinson, 304367, Rifle Brigade 1st Bn.
Private James Stokes VC, 1592376, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn.
Captain John Alderson MC, 113655, Seaforth Highlanders and No.3 Commando
Lance Corporal John Reilly, 2765582, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 5th Bn.
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