The Western Front at this time generally followed the River Rhine with two important exceptions: the American bridgehead over the Rhine at Remagen, and a large German salient west of the Rhine, the Saar–Palatinate triangle.
Vestfronten fulgte på dette tidspunkt stort set Rhinen med to vigtige undtagelser: Det amerikanske brohoved over Rhinen ved Remagen og et stort tysk frontfremspring vest for Rhinen i Saar-Pfalz trekanten.