{"id":75412,"date":"2022-08-02T04:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=75412"},"modified":"2022-08-01T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:30:45","slug":"the-last-battle-in-the-west-how-the-allies-crossed-the-rhine-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/08\/02\/the-last-battle-in-the-west-how-the-allies-crossed-the-rhine-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Battle in the West &#8211; How The Allies Crossed The Rhine 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekwVnus6g10\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 30 Jul 2022<\/p>\n<p>Get CuriosityStream + Watch Rhineland 45 on Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqazFteUxqZEViRWhISXVnbW94NzdxYU1oMnY0d3xBQ3Jtc0ttY2pHYTlrcTZRZWE3b25UNktZYkcwZjdCQl9sWFJIa2loRm9zOW9ibm5jT0FZS1dpT2YxZGktSjN1d0tlZU96UVIyX1VYV3NYaUpZcEVyUmdzS1JhdVhsUTQ2ZGJqd3N4akxBNG01TmhPS1dzSFkyaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcuriositystream.com%2Frealtimehistory&#038;v=ekwVnus6g10\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/realtimeh&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rhine river was the last major natural obstacle on the Western Front of WW2 in early 1945. The Allied armies needed to cross the symbolic river to enter the heart of Nazi Germany. 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