British logistics supported the Anglo-Canadian forces in the Western Allied invasion of Germany, the final campaign of the Second World War in Europe. By this time, the 21st Army Group was highly experienced, professional and proficient. Mechanisation and materiel were used to maximum effect to conserve manpower. The First Canadian Army was reunited by the return of divisions from Italy. The army roadheads were mainly supplied by rail; fuel was brought by tankers and the Operation Pluto pipeline. Thousands of guns and millions of rounds of ammunition were used in Operation Veritable, the advance to the Rhine; and Operation Plunder, the Rhine crossing, which also featured an airborne operation. Engineers soon had bridges in operation. During April 1945, the 21st Army Group advanced across northern Germany to reach the Elbe and then the Baltic Sea. On 4 May, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery took the surrender of the German forces in front of the 21st Army Group.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1934:
Flying Scotsman became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A3_4472_Flying_Scotsman
1961:
Following the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, Burmese diplomat U Thant was elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Thant
1999:
A series of protests by anti-globalization activists against the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 in Seattle forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
ceilidh: 1. An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling. 2. (dance) Short for ceilidh dance. 3. To attend a ceilidh (noun sense 1). 4. (dance) To dance a ceilidh dance. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ceilidh
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had rather left unsaid; nor can there anything be well more contrary to the ends for which people meet together, than to part unsatisfied with each other or themselves. --Jonathan Swift https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift