The Ruhr Pocket was an area of Germany formed in April of 1945 during World War II. It was the result of the U.S. Army trapping numerous Wehrmacht forces in the Ruhr industrial region.
External links
"North to the Ruhr Pocket and On East to Peace" (http://www.wood.army.mil/2-10IN/History/10th%20infantry/Chapter%2013%20-%20North%20to%20the%20Ruhr.htm), 10th Infantry Regiment official history.
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