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The US 3rd Army crossed the...

history · 22 March 1945 · 79 years ago

The US 3rd Army crossed the Rhine River west of Mainz and near Oppenheim just before midnight; the Americans had beaten the British in crossing the river. Opposition was negligible and within 24 hours the entire US 5th Division had crossed the river. 

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