Chronology of World War II

Thursday, February 22nd


Repairing Phone Lines in the Floods


Repairing Phone Lines in the Floods
A party sets out to repair telephone lines on the main road in Kranenburg on February 22, 1945, amid four-foot deep floods caused by the bursting of dikes by the retreating Germans. During the floods, British troops further into Germany have had their supplies brought by amphibious vehicles