During World War II, The Allies decided to invade Germany as a part of the definite strategy to end the war.
They planed Offensive Operations to capture the east and west bank of the Rhine River. Among those operations were Operation Granade, Veritable, Undertone and Lumberjack, between February and March of 1945.
Allied troops crossed the Rhine River and entered through Austria. In the Eastern front, Russian troops defeated the Germans and liberated Poland.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander of the Allied troops in Northern and Central Europe.
