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The Two Dams Raised the Roer - Did the Crossing Arrive in Time
An air armada bombs the Roer plain; ground troops race to the river - will two unseen dams decide if the crossing arrives in time?
The Two Dams Raised the Roer - Did the Crossing Arrive in Time
In this episode, we follow Operation Queen from its air bombardment over the Roer plain to the muddy, contested ground advance through the Hürtgen Forest. What decisions, assumptions, and unexpected obstacles kept Allied forces from reaching the Roer before winter closed the river?
Date: November 16, 1944
Event: Operation Queen tactical air bombardment
Person: General Friedrich Köchling
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