World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Armed Forces">British</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian forces</a> commence <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Veritable" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Veritable">Operation Veritable</a> to occupy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhineland">land between</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Meuse">Maas</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhine">Rhine rivers</a>.<sup about="#mwt225" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-43"}}' id="cite_ref-43" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-43" id="mwAQQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 43;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQU">[43]</span></a></sup>
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