Which happened first the Western Allied invasion of Germany or the Battle of Iwo Jima?
Western Allied invasion of Germany The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II. The Allied invasion of Germany started with the Western Allies crossing the Rhine River in March 1945 before fanning out and overrunning all of western Germany from the Baltic in the north to Austria in the south before the Germans surrendered on 8 May 1945. This is known as the "Central Europe Campaign" in United States military histories.
Air Assault on Crete Air Assault on Crete is a wargame that was first published by the Avalon Hill game company in 1977. The principal game is based on the Battle of Crete during World War II, which began on 20 May 1941 with the first totally airborne invasion in history, Germany's assault on the Allied Forces-occupied island of Crete.