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CG-4A gliders and C-47 Skytrain tow planes lined up on a French airfield in preparation for Operation Varsity, 24 Mar 1945.	CG-4A gliders on the ground after delivering troops near Wesel, Germany as part of Operation Varsity, 24 Mar 1945.

CG-4A gliders on the ground after delivering troops near Wesel, Germany during Operation Varsity, 24 Mar 1945. Note the crutches holding up the glider’s tail to allow unloading heavy equipment through the open nose.	CG-4A gliders on their way to deliver troops during Operation Varsity in western Germany, 24 Mar 1945.

Dempsey crossing the Rhine River into Germany aboard a small boat, 24-25 Mar 1945	Duplex drive Sherman tanks crossing the Rhine River into Germany, 24 Mar 1945

George Patton preparing to urinate in the Rhine River, Germany, 24 Mar 1945	Men of the UK 15th Scottish Division leaving their assault craft after crossing the Rhine River near Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 24 Mar 1945

Men of the UK 1st Cheshire Regiment crossing the Rhine River with Buffalo tracked landing vehicles at Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 24 Mar 1945	A Japanese tank wedged between banks of solid earth was very difficult for US Marines to see or attack from the front, Iwo Jima, Mar 25, 1945.

After crossing the Rhine, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill walking along the river’s eastern bank, 25 Mar 1945. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and some American generals can be seen in the background.	American troops crossing the Rhine under fire at Sankt Goar, Germany, late Mar 1945

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower in conversation at the American XVI Corps headquarters, 25 Mar 1945. Note M8 Greyhound in background.	British Prime Minister Winston Churchill looking over the Rhine River from the ruins of the west end of the bridge at Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, circa 25 Mar 1945

Eastern Aircraft FM2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-93 on the flight deck of escort carrier USS Petrof Bay off Okinawa, 25 Mar 1945.	Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other high-ranking officers crossing the Rhine south of Wesel in an LCVP, 25 Mar 1945. Note Churchill talking with the coxswain.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, General Dwight Eisenhower, and General Omar Bradley examining a map on the side of a Jeep in Germany just west of the Rhine, 25 Mar 1945.	Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Major General Brian Horrocks, and Major R.P.P. Smyly examining a map on the hood (bonnet) of a staff car in the village of Marienbaum, Germany, 25 Mar 1945.

Generals Matthew Ridgway of the US XVIII Airborne Corps, Miles Dempsey of the 2nd British Army, William Simpson of the US 9th Army, and Bernard Montgomery at Dempsey’s headquarters, 25 Mar 1945, discussing the recent crossing of the Rhine.	George Patton speaking to US 3rd Army engineers, Germany, late Mar 1945