After capturing Conquering the Siegfried Line , the 9th Armored Division of the U.S. First Army had advanced Motion unexpectedly quickly towards the Rhine .

On the Western Front the Allies had been fighting Hostile_encounter in Germany with campaigns against the Siegfried Line since the Battle of Aachen and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in late 1944 and by January 1945 had pushed the Germans back to their starting points during the Battle of the Bulge .

The Hindenburg Line ( or Siegfried Position ) was a German defensive Defending position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front during the First World War .

In the wake of the defeat Conquering , many experienced German units were left severely depleted Expend_resource of men and equipment , as survivors retreated Escaping to the defenses of the Siegfried Line .

Operation Queen was an Anglo-American operation during World War II at the Western Front at the German Siegfried Line .

The salient was a German position on the Siegfried Line ( or Westwall ) at the boundary between the British 2nd Army and the American 9th Army .

The northern end of the pincer would circumvent the northern end of the Siegfried Line , giving Giving easier access Getting into Germany across the north German plains enabling Preventing_or_letting mobile warfare .