✦ History

Western Allied invasion of Germany

March 22 – May 8, 1945

Result Allied victory

The Western Allies' crossing of the Rhine and advance across Germany to the Elbe, the Baltic and the Alps, ending with Germany's surrender.

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Battles 6

March 1945 – March 24, 1945
Operation Plunder Allied victory North Rhine-Westphalia Bernard Montgomery, Miles Dempsey, Alfred Schlemm
March 7–25, 1945
Battle of Remagen American victory Remagen Courtney Hodges
March 7–25, 1945
Operation Lumberjack Allied victory Remagen Courtney Hodges, Walter Model
March 26–29, 1945
Battle of Frankfurt American victory Albert Kesselring
April 16–20, 1945
Battle of Nuremberg (1945) American victory Nuremberg Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alexander M. Patch
May 1945
Operation Archway British victory

Key commanders

Allies 9

Dwight D. Eisenhower belligerent leader Omar Bradley military commander George S. Patton military commander Bernard Montgomery belligerent leader Harry Crerar belligerent leader Jean de Lattre de Tassigny military commander Miles Dempsey military commander Alexander M. Patch military commander Courtney Hodges military commander

Axis 7

Albert Kesselring military commander Walter Model military commander Paul Hausser military commander Friedrich Schulz military commander Johannes Blaskowitz military commander Ernst Busch military commander Alfred Schlemm military commander