Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Major General John W. Leonard, achiraira 9th Armored Division, akazoyeuka kuti musi wa 6 March 1945, Major General Millikin, achitaura nezveLudendorff Bridge
, vakamuudza parunhare, "Unoona mutsetse mutema iwoyo pamepu. Kana ukakwanisa kubata izvozvo zita rako richapinda munhau". Muvhiki rokupedzisira raFebruary, Colonel Charles G. Patterson, mukuru mukuru wezvombo zvinorwisa ndege zveIII Corps, akatungamirira musangano wevatungamiriri vemapoka uye mapoka panguva yavakakurukura zvavaizoita kana vakava nerombo rakanaka kuti vatore bhiriji risina kukanganiswa.