 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - First Army yakatsigirwa sezvo yakayambuka Rwizi Rhine paRemagen ndokuzoenda kuchamhembe kunorwisa zvinangwa zvevhu muRuhr, ichipa rutsigiro rwemhepo sezvo mauto epasi eAllied akakomberedza mauto emuvengi muRuhr Pocket, chaizvoizvo kugumisa kurwisana kwakarongwa kwomuvengi muWest Germany. Mauto ekutanga akamisa kufambira mberi kwawo paRwizi rweElbe mukupera kwaApril 1945, bapiro rinobata zvinangwa zvemukana munzvimbo dzinodzorwa nemuvengi kudzamara kurwa kwapera musi wa5 Chivabvu 1945. 