Nevertheless, the 7th Army broke out of its Rhine bridgehead, just south of Frankfurt, on 28 March, employing elements of three corps—the XV Corps to the north, the XXI Corps in the center, and the VI Corps to the south. [47], While the 12th U.S. Army Group made its eastward thrust, Devers′ 6th U.S. Army Group to the south had the dual mission of protecting the 12th U.S. Army Group's right flank and eliminating any German attempt to make a last stand in the Alps of southern Germany and western Austria. Some areas were stoutly defended while in others the enemy surrendered after little more than token resistance. After the Treaty of Versailles (1919), the Africans were encouraged to become citizens of their respective mandate countries, but most preferred to stay where they were. Upstream at Oppenheim, however, the effort did not proceed so casually. It reads: The Dachau liberation reprisals: Upon the liberation of Dachau concentration camp, about a dozen guards in the camp were shot by a machine gunner who was guarding them. Himmler commits suicide on 23-05-1945, age 44. Video: James Lancia: South Africa: EFF & Malema say: Death to Whites! Fifth Army History • Race to the Alps, Chapter VI : Conclusion. Afro-Germans in Germany were socially isolated and forbidden to have sexual relations and marriages with Aryans by the racial laws. In the end, the campaign proceeded as Eisenhower had planned it. Alfred & Monika Shaefer, Science: 8,500 Years ago: Humans (Whites), Mammoths & Forests lived on the bottom of the North Sea – Britain’s Atlantis, Video: Keith Olbermann rants calls the American people racists, scum, maggots, terrorist, antisemitic and worthless – – My Comments. Only two jeeps of auxiliary personnel continued. They planned an “African colonial empire under German predominance”. [38], Beginning the next day, 26 March, the armored divisions of all three corps turned these initial gains into a complete breakout, shattering all opposition and roaming at will throughout the enemy's rear areas. US President Donald Trump is being transferred to a military hospital after he and the first lady contracted COVID-19. By May 4, 1945, with Germany and its military quickly collapsing, the commander of the prison and his guards abandoned their post. “Jack Lee was the quintessential warrior: smart, aggressive, innovative — and, of course, a cigar-chewing, hard-drinking man who watched out for his troops and was willing to think way, way outside the box when the tactical situation demanded it, as it certainly did once the Waffen-SS started to assault the castle. [51], While the Allied armies in the south marched to the Alps, the 21st Army Group drove north and northeast. Further north the airborne landings during Operation Plunder in support of the 21st Army Group's crossing of the Rhine were probably not worth the risk. Arthur Liebenhenschel, commander of Auschwitz concentration camp. The events of the first few days of the final campaign would be enough to convince him that this was the proper course of action. According to Paul reynaud on Wednesday 02-05-1945, after drunkenly bragging about the recent executions he had ordered at Dachau, Weiter shot and killed himself. During the six-hour battle, the SS managed to destroy the sole American tank of the vastly outnumbered defenders, and Allied ammunition ran extremely low. Follow DW for the latest. #TimeToKill, 2 Pics S.Africa: Jew Billionaire Nathan Kirsh donated R9 million ($865,000) to White hating commie Julius Malema, Video: Direct from Germany: Jewish HARRASSMENT & IMPRISONMENT of White Germans! At Worms, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Mainz, the 7th Army's XV Corps established a bridgehead, which it consolidated with the southern shoulder of the 3rd Army's bridgehead early the next day. All the armies assigned to cross the Rhine had elements east of the river, including the Canadian 1st Army in the north, which sent a division through the British bridgehead at Rees, and the French 1st Army in the south, which on 31 March established its own bridgehead by assault crossings at Germersheim and Speyer, about 50 mi (80 km) south of Mainz.