World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> is captured by American troops. On the same day, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spring_Awakening" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Spring Awakening">Operation Spring Awakening</a>, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.<sup about="#mwt62" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_6#cite_note-11" id="mw0Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw0g">[11]</span></a></sup>
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