Churchill remain actively engaged in shaping Allied strategy in 1945. He insisted on witnessing the Operation Varsity-Plunder, and crossed the Rhine near Büderich on March 24. To Churchill’s left is war correspondent Rhona Churchill (no relation) and immediately behind him is Lt. Gen. William Simpson, Ninth US Army. To Churchill’s right is the British chief of staff, Field Marshal Alan Brooke, and 21st Army Group commander Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. (NARA)
Photo and caption featured in Osprey Campaign 293 Downfall 1945 The Fall of Hitler’s Third Reich by Steven J Zaloga













