United States · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Pattons 3rd Army is given the task of occupying the French region of Lorraine, General Hodgess First Army is ordered to breakthrough the front near the German city of Aachen. Decides the next target would be the occupation of the Ruhr, the heartland of Germany's industrial capabilities
General Hodgess First Army is ordered to breakthrough the front near the German city of Aachen
Pattons 3rd Army is given the task of occupying the French region of Lorraine
Orders destruction of German forces west of the Rhine to establish bridgeheads
US troops in Germany cross the River Rhine at Nierstein & Oppenheim
The 3rd Army crosses the Rhine & establishes its 1st bridgehead
Crosses the Rhine at Worms
Decides to leave Berlin to the Russians
Stops at the Elbe & turns to the Alps where he beleives Hitler is forming a redoubt
The First Army is the first unit to cross the Rhine River, by using the still standing Ludendorff bridge at Remagen, and to meet with the Soviet Red Army near Torgau, on the river Elbe
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