Hitler approved withdrawing German forces across the Rhine, but the order came too late to avoid 50% of those troops already being lost on the opposite bank.
"Infantrymen of the 1st Allied Airborne Army are briefed at the marshalling area prior to taking off for the Rhine crossing and Wesel landing. Mourmelon, France. 23 March, 1945. 17th Airborne Division. Photographer: Forney."
U.S. and Filipino troops captured San Fernando on Luzon.
The Indian 20th Infantry Division took Wundwin, Burma.
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Thursday, March 22, 1945. Operation Plunder.
Labels: 1940s, 1945, Arab League, Bernard Law Montgomery, Germany, Monarchy, Operation Plunder, Spain, World War Two
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