Gare gare yakakonzera kunonoka kwemauto eAllied ichibvumira zvimwe zvikamu zveGermany kuti zvidzokere shure, isati yabviswa paRhine muna March. Ipapo rakapikisa kufambira mberi kweU.S. Ninth Army kuyambuka Rhine, nokudaro ichimisa kupfuurira kwakarongwa kweAllied pamwe nekupikisa Operation "Varsity"
ari kumhara mudenga. Iine varume 2,800 uye matangi gumi vachipesana nevarwi veAllied zviuru makumi mashanu uye matangi anotsigira, iro divi rakatarisana neUS 30th, US 35th, US 84th, 4th Canadian uye US 8th Armored Divisions. Musi wa 16 Kubvumbi 1945, ruzhinji rwechikamu rwakamanikidzwa kuzvipira kuUS Ninth Army, mushure mekunge vabatwa muRuhr Pocket. Vakasara vechikamu ichi vakaramba vachirwira mumakomo eHartz kusvika musi wa30 Kubvumbi, vachingokunda chete mushure mekunge zviwanikwa zvavo zvese zvapera.