bigpigeon.us webpage WWII-Germany > The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 21 Dec 2022.
Between April 4 and 18, elements of the Ninth and First Armies reduced the Ruhr Pocket, leading to a massive German surrender. Other elements moved eastward through central Germany towards the prearranged ETO-Soviet border on the Elbe and Mulde Rivers. Third Army, on the First Army's right flank, initially moved east before pivoting to the south and entering southeastern Germany.
Between April 4 and 18, elements of the Ninth and First Armies reduced the Ruhr Pocket, leading to a massive German surrender. Other elements moved eastward through central Germany towards the prearranged ETO-Soviet border on the Elbe and Mulde Rivers. Third Army, on the First Army's right flank, initially moved east before pivoting to the south and entering southeastern Germany.
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The accompanying map summarizes ETO ground operations from 4 April to 18 April 1945.
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Reduction of the Ruhr Pocket and Advance to the Elbe and Mulde Rivers
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Sources for Big Pigeon's The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany webpage:
- Reduction of the Ruhr Pocket and Advance to the Elbe and Mulde Rivers, https://history.army.mil/brochures/centeur/p24-25(map).jpg - Central Europe: 22 March--11 May 1945, by Edward M. Bedessem.
Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead - The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany:
† Henderson, Max O., SN 37-485-581, US Army, Pott. Co. & Thayer Co., NE
- Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Roster module.
† Henderson, Max O., SN 37-485-581, US Army, Pott. Co. & Thayer Co., NE
- Co. K, 406th Inf. Regt., 102nd Inf. Div., XIII Corps, Ninth Army; KIA 18 Apr 1945, E of Hanover, near the Elbe River, Germany; The ETO > Central Europe > Central Germany.