German member from Emmerich

Hi, im the new guy.
Im 24 years old an im from Germany. My english is not so good, sorry.
I was born in a town in Germany named Emmerich!!! Yes Emmerich!!! The town Emmerich is just 7 Kilometers from bienen



Greetings from good old Germany :deflag[1]:

 

Hello? is there anybody?

 

Ok, i anderstand, but I can take pictures of Bienen or Esserden every day.
And i need Help by Emmerich!

 

Welcome to the forum.

I haven't had time to watch your entire video yet. I like the sound of the music, although I don't know what the words mean.

Dave

 

Hello and welcome to the forum

 

Hi and welcome
I think most of the members here know of Emmerich,
as a great number of British regts crossed over the Rhine there in 1945
including my father's the 10th Medium Regt RA and most of the Canadian 1st Army.
Rob

 

Greetings to you from Scotland. Looking forward to watching your video later when I have a bit more time. Though most of my family hail from Scotland I discovered a Great, Great Grandfather of mine came from Berlin.

I have a lot more research to do on him though. He must have been born around 1840 and was a travelling acrobat with a circus and married my g.g. grandmother in Glasgow in 1863. He sadly died in a Manchester work house in 1875. Another interesting branch to my family tree.

 

Welcome and enjoy.!!!

 

Welcome to the Forum

 

Emmerich,

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Is that a Allied (British/Commonwealth) Dogtag half hidden near the British capbadge?

Regards
Tom

 

Willkommen!

 

Emmerich,

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Is that a Allied (British/Commonwealth) Dogtag half hidden near the British capbadge?

Regards
Tom

No Dogtag, but two Cap Badges. Canadien Artillery and Devgenshire Regiment.

I need Help. Please give me Pictures and Maps from Emmerich.
I dont no, was there a battle? in the town of Emmerich?
Please help me. Are there any documents?

 

Hi and welcome
I think most of the members here know of Emmerich,
as a great number of British regts crossed over the Rhine there in 1945
including my father's the 10th Medium Regt RA and most of the Canadian 1st Army.
Rob

Oh its so amazing. Your Father cross the Rhine in Emmerich. And my family was there to. My Grandmathers House was destroyed on Oktober 7. 1944. Then she lived in Bienen. And she is in the book of Bienen. Her name is Gertrude "Trudchen" Nyland. She flirt with the Wehrmachts Soldiers to deflect them. Becouse on the top of the Church lived Judes. So not all Germans are Nazis
My Grandfather (Wehrmachts soldier) was captured in 1944. They took him to england.

War is horror, but fascinating.


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Howdy from the USA. It is good to have you join the forum.

 

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During the night of 28-29 March the Canadian Scottish experienced what they described as "probably the most vicious fighting of the battle for Emmerich" in attempting to expand their bridgehead over the Landwehr Canal. A company of the Regina Rifles assisted in this difficult task and the stubborn enemy was gradually driven back into the city, while our engineers bridged the canal during the darkness. The way was then clear for concerted thrusts into the heart of the built-up area. Emmerich, which had a normal population of about 16,000, had been heavily bombed and was "completely devastated except for one street along which a few buildings were more or less intact" (When the 1st Canadian Division passed through Emmerich nine days later it recorded that "only Cassino in Italy looks worse".) On the morning of the 29th the Reginas, supported by tanks and Crocodiles, launched an attack to clear the southern portion of the city. Resistance stiffened as the operation progressed. "Enemy defences consisted mainly of fortified houses and tanks and as each house and building had to be searched progress was slow." When the troops forced their way into the central area of the city they faced a problem familiar from Normandy and the Channel Ports: "our tanks in support found it almost impossible to manoeuvre due to well-sited road blocks and rubble". While the Reginas cleared the southern part of Emmerich, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles fought steadily through the northern section, beating back a fierce German counter-attack early on the 30th. On that day the Canadian Scottish again became the division's vanguard, capturing a large cement works on the western outskirts of the city as a start line for the 8th Brigade's operation. The 7th Brigade completed its task on the following morning. During the previous three days its infantry battalions had suffered 172 casualties, including 44 killed or died of wounds; the heaviest loss fell on the Canadian Scottish.
The 8th Brigade was now to carry forward the attack and capture the Hoch Elten "feature". We have already noted the tactical importance of this high wooded ridge some three miles north-west of Emmerich. It dominated our engineers' Rhine bridging sites and German possession of it might thereby delay the full participation of First Canadian Army in the battle. For this reason the Hoch Elten area had been subjected to particularly severe artillery and air bombardment during the days preceding the attack. These measures had the effect of easing the task of the 8th Brigade when it advanced on the night of 30-31 March. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and Le Régiment de la Chaudière led the way; the latter, with no doubt some pardonable exaggeration, describes the ground as "peut-etre le plus bombarde dans l'histoire de la guerre" The enemy's surviving artillery and mortars fired on the axes of advance but, in general, there was little opposition. On the following night the Chaudière entered the village of Elten, west of the ridge, while the Queen's Own and the North Shore Regiment completed the occupation of the wooded area. Meanwhile, on the 3rd Division's inland flank, the 9th Brigade had cleared the woods north of Emmerich and the nearby town of 's-Heerenberg.

HyperWar: The Victory Campaign [Chapter 20]

 

The last map is the only map of Emmerich in WW2 that i know.
Were goes the Canadien Army after die Bettle of Binen and Esserden (near Rees)? And are they fighting in Emmerich? Where are the wehrmacht? and did they have Tanks?

Sorry for my english. I hope you can anderstand me

 

The last map is the only map of Emmerich in WW2 that i know.
Were goes the Canadien Army after die Bettle of Binen and Esserden (near Rees)? And are they fighting in Emmerich? Where are the wehrmacht? and did they have Tanks?

Sorry for my english. I hope you can anderstand me

Greetings from Canada, and your English is just fine.
Almost time for bed here in Canada but the detail and possibly the photos you seek are probably contained in the diaries of the regiments I have highlighted.