In January 1945, the Division began moving and on 2 February moved to Maastricht area in Holland, and by 14 February elements were in the line near that city to relieve battered units of the British 21st Army Group. Nine days later the Division was relieved for another important assignment.
On 1 March, the 95th was assembled near Julich, Germany, and forced the enemy into a pocket near the Hitler Bridge at Uerdingen. Five days later the pocket was cleared and the Division’s elements had advanced to the Rhine. The march into German heartland had begun in earnest.
It now became a matter of dates and places for the men of the "Victory Division". On 12 March 1945, they established defenses in the vicinity of Neuss. Assembling east of the Rhine at Beckhum on 3 April, they launched an attack across the Lippe River the next day and captured Hamm and Kaman on the 6th. After clearing another enemy pocket between the Ruhr and Mohne Rivers, the Division took Dortmund on 13 April and maintained positions on the north bank of the Ruhr. Its final action prior to V-E day included a drive north of Leipzig.
In July 1945, the Division returned to the United States amidst welcoming celebrations at Boston’s harbor. The retraining began for the Pacific Theater, but the atomic bombing of Japan brought surrender of the country and the "Iron Men" were not needed.
The 95th Infantry Division had fought in Europe for nearly 12 months involving 145 days of combat including a continuous period of more than 100 days. The 95th captured more than 439 centers of population, including Germany’s ninth largest city, Dortmund.
It had left behind a history of heroism and bravery and accolades of friend and enemy, "Iron Men of Metz," "The Bravest of the Brave." But it had also left behind 6,591 officially recorded casualties.
Maj. Gen. Twaddle, who had commanded the Division during its entire action in World War II, saw the Division inactive on 15 October 1945, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. The 95th Infantry Division remained inactive in the Organized Reserves in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.