Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.

Divisions that Fought in the Central Europe Campaign

1st Infantry division 2nd Infantry division 3rd Infantry division 4th Infantry division 5th Infantry division 8th Infantry division 9th Infantry division 26th Infantry division 28th Infantry division 29th Infantry division 30th Infantry division 35th Infantry division 36th Infantry division 42nd Infantry division 44th Infantry division 45th Infantry division 63rd Infantry division 65th Infantry division 69th Infantry division 70th Infantry division 71th Infantry division 75th Infantry division 76th Infantry division 78th Infantry division 79th Infantry division 80th Infantry division 83rd Infantry division 84th Infantry division 86th Infantry division 87th Infantry division 89th Infantry division 90th Infantry division 94th Infantry division 95th Infantry division 97th Infantry division 99th Infantry division 100th Infantry division 102nd Infantry division 103rd Infantry division 104th Infantry division 2nd Armored division 3rd Armored division 4th Armored division 5th Armored division 6th Armored division 7th Armored division 8th Armored division 9th Armored division 10th Armored division 11th Armored division 12th Armored division 13th Armored division 14th Armored division 16th Armored division 20th Armored division 17th Airborne division 82nd Airborne division 101st Airborne division

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