Video: 'WW2: Cologne / Köln, Germany. (March 6 1945)'

(Tuesday, March 6, 1945; during World War II) — The Allied offensive west of the Rhine swept toward a triumphant close today when Cologne, fourth largest city of the Third Reich, fell to tank crews and doughboys of Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ First Army.

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