In 1945, the fear that German dictator Adolf Hitler and armed forces of the Wehrmacht would make a last stand in the alpine areas of Austria, Bavaria and northern Italy gained a great deal of momentum among the Western Allies in the closing months of World War II in Europe. In German this concept was called the Alpenfestung (Alpine Fortress). Although there was some German military planning for a stand in the Alpine region, it was never fully endorsed by Hitler and no serious attempt was made to put the plan into operation.
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