Western Allied invasion of Germany
| Invasion of Germany | |||||||
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| Part of the Western Front of World War II | |||||||
 American infantrymen of the U.S. 11th Armored Division supported by an M4 Sherman tank move through a smoke filled street in Wernberg, Germany, April 1945. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States United Kingdom France Canada Poland Norway Denmark Netherlands Belgium
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 Germany   Hungary
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Harry S. Truman Bernard Montgomery Omar Bradley Jacob L. DeversGeorge Patton (†) |
Adolf Hitler † Albert Kesselring Gerd von Rundstedt Walter Model † Paul Hausser Johannes Blaskowitz Heinrich Himmler † |
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| Units involved | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4.5 million troops (91 Divisions) ~17,000 tanks 28,000 combat aircraft ~63,000 artillery pieces |
Initial: ~1 million troops ~500 operational tanks and assault guns ~2,000 operational combat aircraft |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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United States 62,704 casualties including 15,009 killed Canada 6,298 casualties including 1,482 killed |
up to 410,000 battle deaths, deaths from other causes and missing 3,000,000+ captured |
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Decisive Allied victory
1st Allied Airborne Army 12th Army Group
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