After Third US Army spearheaded non stop through the Eifel from Bitburg to Koblenz (3 March 1945 - 8 March 1945), it rested a little while between the north bank of the Moselle River and the west bank of the Rhine River. Instead of attacking across the Rhine, like First US Army, Third US Army attacked on 15 March 1945 across the middle sector of the Moselle River into the Hundsrück with Bad Kreuznach as objective. After two days the Nahe River was reached. The next objective was the Rhine River between Mainz and Worms. On 20 March 1945 Third US Army reached the Rhine River again. The Palatinate was occupied in only five days.