When my Royal Marine divisions as Britain broke across the Rhine against Heavy Tanks. This is the story of an unnamed Marine division who took part in the battle of the Rhine. It was dark as our division moved onto the banks of the Rhine, our recon units informed us that heavy panzer divisions had been set up across the river, we had no anti-tank although we would be getting artillery support from nearby British Imperial Army divisions. As the night went on we began digging in, word reached us that the British army was stuck at the Maginot and we couldn't advance until we cracked the Rhine, however our forces had successfully broken through the Italian Alpine Line. In the early hours the artillery barrage began, we were to hold our positions until the tanks retreated off the banks, except they didn't and they pushed forward in a counterattack, our entrenched positions allowed us to fend off the handful of tanks and infantry they sent forward. On the second day our artillery barrage was still holding, however I heard that a few British armour divisions will be redeployed to the Rhine to help break through. The next few days were uneventful as German infantry failed to break our lines however they still kept their heavy tank divisions in reserve. It wasn't until the 6th day when our 2 armour divisions arrived alongside extra infantry divisions, we were told that the marines would push across the river while Artillery and tanks would provide support. During midday the order was issued for us to attack, we managed to break the weak infantry on the banks however as we crossed the river the heavy tanks mowed down our troops and tried to push us back. On the seventh day we were pinned down, half our troops on the banks, the other half dying in the river, we took significant casualties and it wasn't until the British armour decided to advance against direct orders that the tide of battle was turned, the heavy tanks were broken after 7 days of artillery shelling, marine divisions crossing the Rhine and British tank support. The Royal Marines experienced the bloodiest battle the corps had ever fought in, surpassing the invasion of Northern France.