The story
The 9th DLI took Rheine on 2nd April. Here they found all the bridges blown and the far bank of the Dortmund-Ems Canal held in strength.
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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