After Plunder the II Canadian Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, struck west and seized Emmerich, approaching the IJssel from the east.Stacey, p541 Crerar saw an opportunity to take Arnhem and open a route between the city and Zutphen to the north, and ordered his two Corps commanders to co-ordinate their advances accordingly.Stacey, p566 However, he was wary of trying to seize Arnhem before the IJssel had been bridged further north.
