Cika wannan jumla: Ba za a iya tura arewa zuwa Netherlands ba, an tilasta wa Allies a yammacin Turai suyi la'akari da wasu zaɓuɓɓuka don shiga Jamus. A lokacin rani na 1944, Allies sun sha wahala daga babban matsalar samar da kayayyaki, saboda dogon hanyar samar da kayayyaki. Amma a lokacin kaka na 1944, wannan ya fi yawa warware ta Red Ball Express. A wani bangare na
Siegfriend Line Campaign, Allies sun yi ƙoƙari su tura zuwa Jamus zuwa Rhine. A matsayin mataki na farko, an kama Aachen a lokacin yaƙi mai tsanani. 'Yan Jamus yanzu suna da amfani da tsohuwar tsarin ƙarfafa su, layin Siegfried. A lokacin yakin dajin Hürtgen, Allies sun yi gwagwarmaya mai tsawo tare da Jamusawa, wanda ya ƙare da farko a cikin rikici, tare da Allies ba su iya ɗaukar gandun daji gaba ɗaya ba. Daga baya an shafe yakin da aka yi a Hürtgen Forest ta hanyar babban hari, Operation Queen. A lokacin wannan mummunar, Allies sun yi niyyar turawa zuwa Ruhr, a matsayin wurin da za a ci gaba da turawa a kan kogin Rhine zuwa Jamus. Duk da haka, a kan rashin amincewa da tsayayyar Jamus, Allies sun iya samun ci gaba sosai. A tsakiyar watan Disamba Allies sun kasance a Rur, amma a lokacin Jamus sun shirya kansu ta hanyar Ardennes, wanda aka kaddamar a tsakiyar wani mummunan hari na Allied a kan Rur dams.