The Battle of the Siegfried Line was one of the final Allied campaigns¹ of World War II of the Western European Campaign and details the fights on and around the Siegfried Line. The campaign ended when the Allies broke through the Siegfried Line and came to the Rhine.

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	Rhineland Campaign - definition of Rhineland Campaign in Encyclopedia (1638 words) Following the success of the Northern and Southern France campaigns, the Allied forces from both were united under the Supreme Allied Commander General Eisenhower and his headquaters SHAEF. The first operation of the Rhineland Campaign, Market Garden was commanded by Montgomery and had the objective to secure a bridgehead in the north, at Arnhem, over the Rhine which would outflank the Siegfried Line. If successful, the campaign would put the Germans in a much better position for peace negotiations with the Western Allies, and allow them to dedicate all their resources against the Soviets to the east. European Campaigns (2430 words) Some of the most difficult operations of the war in western Europe occurred during the Rhineland Campaign as battles were fought in the Arnhem area, the Schelde estuary, the Huertgen Forest, the Aachen sector, the Metz and Saar regions, and the Belfort and Saverne Gaps. On 15 December the efforts of the Allies in the Rhineland were interrupted when the enemy broke through the lines in the Ardennes, causing a shift of troops to Ardennes to reinforce the lines there. When the Rhineland Campaign ended the Allied Expeditionary Force numbered over 4,000,000 men and organized into a well-balanced military machine, with combat elements ready to strike the final blow against the disintegrating enemy forces.
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