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The River Rhine forms a natural frontier and so the phrase Rhine Crossing or Crossing of the Rhine may refer to one of several crossings of it: *the Crossing of the Rhine from east to west by barbarians in 406, into the territory of the Roman Empire *several times by French troops invading Germany during the Franco-Dutch War, such as: * *12 June 1672 near Tolhuis, commanded by the Vicomte de Turenne and Louis, Prince of Condé, in which Louis was severely wounded forcing the river crossing - this crossing was commemorated in the painting ''Crossing of the Rhine by the army of Louis XIV, 1672'' by Joseph Parrocel * *1673, led by Turenne *several times by French troops invading Germany during the French Revolutionary Wars: * *for the first time in 1794, near Düsseldorf * *on 6 September 1795, as commemorated in Louis-François Lejeune's painting ''First crossing of the Rhine by the French army commander by Jourdan and Kléber, at Düsseldorf in the duchy of Berg, 6 September 1795'' * *18 April 1797, by French Revolutionary forces near Neuwied, causing to the Battle of Neuwied. * *Between 27 April and 2 May 1800, 100,000 men under Jean Victor Marie Moreau, crossing to confront the Austrians, who they then met at the battle of Stockach. *the crossing from west to east by the western Allies in March 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany, including Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity - British units participating were granted the battle honour 'Rhine Crossing' by the British Army 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of crossings of the Rhine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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