While the Americans were in charge in France under Eisenhowere, General Alexander's large force of mainly British and Canadian troops made more good progress in central Europe in early December 1944. With the Russians bottled up in Rumania, tying down a huge number of German troops, the British force once again acheived a breakthrough in Austria, bypassing Vienna and driving straight for Prague.Once again the German forces were caught off balance and while they pulled back to defend the Austrian capital, British infantry and armoured forces capitalised, reaching Prague on the 10th and taking Plzen on the 16th. They now occupied a large salient in central Europe, aiming straight for Berlin.
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