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Western Allied invasion of Germany

  • Battle of Nuremberg (1945)The Western Allies crossed the Rhine River on the 8th of February 1945. German forces suffered heavy losses as American and British armies pushed eastward.
  • Ruhr pocketThe Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen stood intact on the 7th of March 1945 when American troops seized it. General Omar Bradley's U.S.
  • Operation PlunderField Marshal Bernard Montgomery launched Operation Plunder on the night of the 23rd of March 1945. Thousands of tons of supplies moved forward to support…
  • Western Allied invasion of GermanyBy early 1945, events favored the Allied forces in Europe. On the Western Front, the Allies had been fighting in Germany with campaigns against the Siegfried…
  • Capture of HamburgThe Western Front collapsed in the spring of 1945. Army Group B, led by Walter Model, fell to American forces near the Rhine River.