The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War...

American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany supported the American and French operations in Northwest Europe during the Second World War...

supported the operations of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group in the Western Allied invasion of Germany from 8 January 1945...

Clipper Battle of Aachen Battle of the Hurtgen Forest Battle of Crucifix Hill Battle of Fort Driant The Western Allied invasion of Germany Rhineland Offensive...

until mid-April 1945. Western Allied invasion of Germany Operation Lumberjack Bombing of Cologne in World War II History of Cologne Spearhead (Makos novel)...

battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Some 317...

of Soviet and Finnish troops in a fighting retreat back to Norway. It was then redeployed to the Western Front against the Western Allied invasion of...

joining in the Liberation of France with other Western Allies of World War II. It went on to join the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The French Liberation...

devastated the city. The Western Allies invaded Germany from the west on 8 February 1945. The German Army took heavy losses as the Allied armies crossed the...

after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941; British military planners acknowledged that if the Soviet Union collapsed, Germany could easily...

found that it had destroyed eight German planes during the action. On invasion day the squadron, along with the rest of the 324th group, put the first American...

able to communicate with each other very well. The Allied armies started a general advance across Germany, with the Americans pushing the centre and the British...

Hood Simpson, in February 1945, which marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of Germany. On 9 February, the U.S. Ninth Army—operating under Field...

The Battle of Paderborn occurred during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Most notably the commander of the 3rd Armored Division Major General Maurice...

railroad bridge across the Rhine, in the Battle of Remagen. Despite German attempts to destroy the bridge, Allied forces captured it intact and were able to...

at Zeppelinwiese (Zeppelin Field) in Nuremberg. During the Western Allied invasion of Germany in April 1945, the United States Third Army seized the airfield...

divisions then fought the Germans in fierce house-to-house combat, slowly pushing through the city to the north and to the east. Allied attacks killed the local...

for the main waves of the invasion. Being a Pathfinder was a difficult job, and it meant being out in front and facing the German army alone. Shortly...

hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers, which would remain an Allied nation until the end. After a quiet winter, Germany began its invasion of Western Europe...

razing of Friesoythe was the destruction of the town of Friesoythe in Lower Saxony on 14 April 1945, during the Western Allies' invasion of Germany towards...

cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The Comet was developed from the earlier...

24 March 1945 The Allied operation was opposed by the German 1st Parachute Army, commanded by General Alfred Schlemm, a part of Army Group H. Although...

during the second war; Stalag XIII-C for Allied enlisted men and Oflag XIII-B for Allied officers. Originally, all of the Oflag camp's occupants were Serb...

attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian military to the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World...

committed by the 12th Armored Division of the US Army on 22 April 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Some 25 US soldiers from the 3rd Provisional...

into Germany. The defense of Kassel did not materially impede the Allied advance, and, one month after the battle ended, Germany was forced to capitulate...

Airborne Divisions under command. After taking part in the Western Allied invasion of Germany, the XVIII Airborne Corps, still under Ridgway, returned to...

began in June 1944 with the Allied landings in Normandy and continued until the defeat of Germany in May 1945 with its invasion. On 1 September 1939, World...

to Aldbourne, Wiltshire, where they began intense training for the Allied invasion of Europe planned for spring 1944.: 45  In November and December 1943...

the allied invasion of Germany. The battle posed an unexpected challenge to allied war planners in the late stages of the conflict and saw German leadership...