Operation Queen was an American operation during World War II on the Western Front at the German Siegfried Line.
The Schwammenauel dam at the Rur - one of the main objectives of Operation Queen
(from left to right) Bradley, Gerow, Eisenhower and Collins
Rundstedt (middle) and Model (left) planning the Ardennes Offensive
German artillery in the Hürtgen Forest
Ninth Army (United States)
The Ninth Army was a field army of the United States Army, most recently garrisoned at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. It was the United States Army Service Component Command of United States Africa Command.
Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson, commander of the Ninth Army (Life, 12 March 1945)
U.S. 9th Army crossing the Rhine River. Wallach. M2, steel treadway, pontoon bridge, late March, 1945)