Operation Veritable

When

8 Feb 1945 – 11 Mar 1945

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

51.70° N, 6.10° E

Description

1945 battle of World War II

1945 battle of WWII in Germany

Operation Veritable was the northern part of an Allied pincer movement that took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945 during the final stages of the Second World War. The operation was conducted by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group, primarily consisting of the First Canadian Army under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar and the British XXX Corps under Lieutenant-general Brian Horroc…

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Veritable lancée pour chasser les forces allemandes de la zone entre le Rhin et la Meuse, à l’est de Nimègue”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page