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Capture of Cologne

Name: Capture of Cologne – Germany factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1945

Adolf Hitler23 March 1945

Cologne · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Allies capture Cologne & cross the Rhine

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

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