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Operation Blockbuster
Part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany in the Western Front of the European theatre of World War II
Operation Blockbuster (yellow)
Date
26 February – 3 March 1945
Location
Lower Rhine region Germany
Result
Allied victory
Belligerents
Canada United Kingdom
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Harry Crerar Brian Horrocks
Alfred Schlemm
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Western Allied invasion of Germany
Blackcock
Rhineland
Veritable
Grenade
Blockbuster
Plunder
Flashpoint
Varsity
Archway
Lumberjack
Remagen
Cologne
Gisela
Undertone
Aschaffenburg
TF Baum
Frankfurt
Ruhr
Paderborn
Würzburg
Kassel
Heilbronn
Howard
Dortmund
Friesoythe
Nuremberg
Lippach
Düsseldorf
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Logistics
American
British
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Western Front (1944–1945)
Overlord
Chastity
Dragoon
Paris
Siegfried Line campaign
Channel Coast
Dieppe
Le Havre
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Calais
Market Garden
Lorraine
Aachen
Hürtgen Forest
Scheldt
Queen
Bulge
Nordwind
Blackcock
Colmar Pocket
Reichswald
Alps
Invasion of Germany
End of World War II in Europe
Operation Blockbuster was the completion of the larger Operation Veritable by the First Canadian Army, reinforced by the XXX Corps from the British Second Army from late February to early March, 1945. Veritable had been slower and more costly than expected and the Canadian commander, General Harry Crerar, had decided on a fresh start for the operation. Three British and Canadian divisions advanced south-eastwards, capturing unprepared German positions in the Hochwald forested ridge [de], before advancing on Xanten. They linked up with the Ninth US Army at Berendonk, near Geldern on 3 March.
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