Operation Grenade

When

23 Feb 1945 – 10 Mar 1945

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

50.28° N, 6.86° E

Description

1945 World War II military operation

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1945 American operation into Germany

During World War II, Operation Grenade was the crossing of the Roer river between Roermond and Düren by the U.S. Ninth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson, in February 1945, which marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of Germany.

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