As Soviet assault forces mass along Germany’s Oder River, thirty to forty miles east of Berlin, armored units of General Patton’s Third Army have reached the banks of the Rhine near the western German city of Coblenz.

To the north, the entire west bank of the Rhine, from Cologne to Dusseldorf, is now in Allied hands.

Nearly 100,000 German prisoners have been taken in this region in the last month and massive German supply dumps have been seized.

Many are surrendering, including Russians, Frenchmen and others who say they were forced to fight in the German army or work in German war factories.

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