Action End Date 1945-03-27 12:00 Wiki A link to a wiki entry about this item. https://www.cupidoeu.org/wiki/index.php/Rhine_Action Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rhine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-03-23 12:00 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 387 Type The nature or genre of the resource Action Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,51.77455805506825,6.420114960229428; Date Created Date of creation of the resource. March 1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived actions Description An account of the resource In late March 1945 the Allies crossed the River Rhine. Highland regiments, including the Camerons, Gordons, and Seaforths, crossed on boats, facing machine-gun fire from the Germans. After successfully reaching the eastern bank of the river, the Seaforths advanced to the small village of Groin. The Seaforths captured Groin at night. The action at Groin was described by Lieutenant Borthwick (who took part in the attack) as ‘the hardest village fight the Battalion ever fought’. Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT