During WW2, during the fast paced large scale offensives of the ‘blitzkrieg years’ and the large soviet operations post Kursk, how would a unit advancing into enemy territory be prepared to face both small and major rivers on the way? Assuming bridges too far or destroyed? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

During WW2, during the fast paced large scale offensives of the ‘blitzkrieg years’ and the large soviet operations post Kursk, how would a unit advancing into enemy territory be prepared to face both small and major rivers on the way? Assuming bridges too far or destroyed?

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There's a lot of room for further discussion, but I touched on a similar topic recently.