history · 09 February 1945 · 79 years ago
German engineers blew up the dam over the Ruhr, thereby presenting the US Ninth Army with an unbridgeable strip of surging water. This led to the attack from the south being postponed and the waters would not subside sufficiently for General William Simpson's leading troops to resume their advance until 23 Feb 1945.
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