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22 Dec 1944

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Yank

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1944

Page

4

The Rhineland story from a German river of war and wealth

A historical essay traces the Rhineland from a 1936 German remilitarization to its strategic value. It recounts a 1934 farmer’s joke about a cream separator misassembled as a gun, notes demilitarization under the Versailles Treaty, and explains the Rhine’s role as Germany’s industrial heartland, tourist artery, and military barrier. It describes river geography, industrial output, rail and waterborne networks, and the Siegfried Line fortifications guarding the region from Holland to Switzerland.

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Rhine Rhineland Germany Hitler Holland Switzerland Julius Caesar Eisenhower Napoleon France Swiss Alps Lake Constance North Sea Reich Baden Saarland Rhenish Hesse Rheinland Nassau Emmerich Rhinelands Rhine River Moselle Main Saar Ruhr Metz Cologne Mainz Black Forest Basel Bingen Hesse-Nassau Dusseldorf Duisburg Essen Toledo Ohio Ann Arbor Detroit Mich Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering Magdeburg-Wittenberg Budapest Hungary Berlin Duisburg-Ruhrort
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Allied battle line up in the west reveals vast fortified front

A detailed listing shows Montgomery commanding Western Front with Canadian and British armies and multiple divisions, Bradley directing Ninth, First and Third US Armies, and Devers leading Seventh Army and French First Army. The article notes extensive fortifications along a Rhine centered defense from Switzerland to the Saarland, with Cologne as a key rail hub and looming Rhine crossing battles.

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Switzerland Rhine Saarland Arnhem Holland Westwall Rhineland Gis Aachen San Francisco Louisville Omaha Nebr South Bend Ind Alsace-Lorraine Strasbourg France Vosgés Black Forest Haertgen Aachen-Cologne U.S. Third Army Moselle-Saar Metz Saarbruecken U.S. Ninth Cologne Ruhr Fritz Todt Berlin
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Sad Sack holds the bag at Christmas in a brigadier’s tale

In a Christmas era cartoon caption, Sgt George Baker satirizes Santa Claus as a brigadier bearing a large bag. The piece wittily notes Santa’s workload and chimney detail as a humorous military metaphor. The page lists multiple photo credits from Signal Corps, Navy, Grumman Aircraft, Sperry Gyro scope, and other units with locations across the army and defense contractors.

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George Baker Santa Claus Gen. Claus’ Corporation Signal Corps Tower Pfe George Burns Navy INS Grumman Aircraft Bob Ghio Sperry Ghio Bill Young Camp Forrest Tenn Ower AAFTC Wartingen Tex Sioux Falls Camp Kilmer N. J Fort McClellan Ala MGM 2D Aaf
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Europe Upper Rhine Valley of the Hamburg Eau de Cologne Koelnischer Wasser Krupp AEF Belgium U. Ss U.S U. S. 3d Aetas PTC OWA Alsdorf Twenty-First Army Group Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery First Army H. D. G. Crerar Miles C. Dempsey 51St 53D 59Th Twelfth Army Group Omar N. Bradley U. S. Ninth Army William H. Simpson Courtney H. Hodges U. S. Third Army George S. Patton Jr Ninth Army 2D Armored Third Army Sixth Army Group Jacob L. Devers U. S Seventh Army Alexander M. Patch Jean de l Lattre de Tassigny Allied First Airborne Army Lewis H. Brereton 82D 101St Airborne 7Th Armored Division 94Th Infantry Division Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
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