EntityQ699093· pop 26· linked from 342 articlesRuhr PocketSign in to savebattle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of the second World War, in the Ruhr Area of GermanyConnectionsRuhr AreaEntityFirst United States ArmyEntity1st Parachute ArmyEntityNinth United States ArmyEntityUnited StatesCountryGermanyCountryUnited KingdomCountryWorld War IConceptSuicideConceptDwight D. EisenhowerPersonRhineEntityNorth Rhine-WestphaliaEntityNazi GermanyConceptgeographic coordinate systemEntityDüsseldorfEntityInternational Standard Book NumberEntityDortmundEntityJoseph GoebbelsEntityEssenEntityDuisburgEntityCategories1945 in Germany20th century in North Rhine-WestphaliaApril 1945 in EuropeBattles of World War II involving the United StatesConflicts in 1945Encirclements in World War IILand battles of World War II involving the United KingdomMarch 1945 in EuropeProvince of WestphaliaRhine ProvinceWestern Allied invasion of Germany