German Defenders Never Knew Americans Had Amphibious DUKW ‘Duck’ Trucks To Cross The Rhine

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March 23rd, 1945, 2100 hours. Western bank of the Rine River near Vessel, Germany. The binoculars shook imperceptibly as Oust Wilhelm Steinberg scanned the darkening waters of the Rine, recording observations in his field notebook that would later be found among captured German documents at Army Group Hadquarters. The Americans have reached our sac... Read More