 In October, he was assigned to command of Combat Command A, 6th Armored Division.By late March 1945, Combat Command A was in Germany and had been assigned to clear defenses in an angle between the Main and Rhine rivers, seize the bridges into Frankfurt, and enter the city of Frankfurt.Hines had left Morfelden in his tank and advanced toward the Frankfurt airport with his lead troops, intending to destroy a large concentration of anti-aircraft artillery, which would increase the chances seizing intact one or more of the bridges into the city.