Tearing Enemy to Pieces
Massive air attacks against the bottlenecks of German transport in the Saar region are playing a major part in the Western offensive.
The American 3rd and 7th Armies have linked up and are tearing the enemy forces to pieces. The Germans have now only a 35 mile stretch of the Rhine across which they can escape.
Worms has fallen and Kaiserslautern and Mainz have been reached. Other forces have drawn level with Bonn.
. The American - bulge is now 40 miles deep and German resistance in places is crumbling rapidly. • American tanks passed through Ludwigshaven to reach the Rhine.
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Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 2, 23 March 1945, Page 1
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102Tearing Enemy to Pieces Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 2, 23 March 1945, Page 1
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