Description Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossed the Rhine River on March 25th, 1945.
Eisenhower ordered his commanders to refuse an.
Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower had warned his commanders that Churchill would seek to steal the limelight.
His presence was calculated to emphasize the British role in the defeat of the Germans and to divert attention away from Patton and the Americans who had crossed the Rhine at Remagen two weeks earlier .
Description Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossed the Rhine River on March 25th, 1945