USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Late on March 23, two British and two US divisions (from the US Ninth Army) began to cross the river near Wesel. Two airborne divisions, one British and one American, landed on the east bank of the Rhine on the following day to buttress the river assault.

Detailed explanation-2: -The US Army’s surprise capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, broke open Germany’s defenses in the west. The Rhine is no ordinary river.

Detailed explanation-3: -On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered. After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945, and the Second World War came to an end. The war cost the lives of more than 330, 000 American soldiers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Vistula–Oder Offensive ended in Soviet victory. The four-day Malta Conference between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill ended with an agreement to withdraw two divisions from Greece and three from Italy to reinforce northwest Europe. They proceeded to Yalta for a conference with Joseph Stalin.