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History of crossings of the Rhine

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The crossing of the Rhine at Tolhuis (now a suburb of Nijmegen) on 12 June 1672 – painting by Adam Frans van der Meulen.
A 'passage of the Rhine' on the south facade of the porte Saint-Denis.

The River Rhine forms a natural frontier and so the phrase Rhine Crossing, Crossing of the Rhine, or forcing the Rhine may refer to one of several crossings of it.

History

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World War II

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March 1945 : The crossings of the Rhine in the South

The crossing from west to east by the western Allies in March 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany.