References analysis of the Wikipedia article "Western Allied invasion of Germany" in the English version

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Marshall, George C (1996), Biennial reports of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War : 1 July 1939-30 June 1945., Washington, DC: Center of Military History, p. 202

Bedessem 1996, p. 3. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 3–6. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 6. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 7. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 8. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 9. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 11. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 12. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 13. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 9–10. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 10. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 16. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 17. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 20. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 21. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 22. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 22–23. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 23. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 23, 26. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 26. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 27. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 30. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 31. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 31–32. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 32. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 32–33. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 33. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 33–34. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 34. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, pp. 34–35. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

Bedessem 1996, p. 35. Bedessem, Edward M. (1996). Central Europe, 22 March – 11 May 1945. CMH Online bookshelves: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. ISBN 0-16-048136-8. CMH Pub 72-36. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2008.^{[better source needed]}

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Stacey & Bond 1960, p. 611. Stacey, Colonel Charles Perry; Bond, Major C. C. J. (1960). The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Vol. III. The Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa. OCLC 256471407. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

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"Tanks and AFV News", 27 January 2015. Zaloga gives the number of American tanks and tank destroyers as 11,000. The Americans comprised 2/3 of the Allied forces, and other Allied forces were generally equipped to the same standard^{[citation needed]}.

"Tanks and AFV News", 27 January 2015. Quoting an estimate given in an interview with Steven Zaloga.

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