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Nijmegen Crossing Opens Route North

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

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1944

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st20 September 1944

Nijmegen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The capture of Nijmegen bridges allows the ground advance to continue toward Arnhem.

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Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st

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