章節 61: Chapter 61 vienna
they'll probably drive up to the Zuiderzee and take positions along the IJssel river; cut off Holland from Germany. Even more trapped Germans.".
Steve looked out towards the west, the direction of the major Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam where hopefully liberation would come quickly for them too.
Peggy nodded, "And less trouble for the Netherlands...Wow, we did so much...Italy, France, the Channel, and now the Netherlands...", as she leaned her head on Steve's shoulder.
"And next will be Germany and hopefully the end of this whole war... then it can just be me and you and our family.", Steve sighed as he turned his head to kiss Peggy on the forehead.
"Only thing standing in our way of that dream is a madman, his fanatical lackies and about 3 or 4 million troops that have to be reaching the end of their limits.
I wonder how many really know that they've lost the war. It's not a matter of 'if' Germany will lose now, it's when...".
Peggy chuckled softly, "That sounds about right to me. And to think, it's only September...Maybe Monty is right. If we get a lot done, we will just as well see that the war would end by Christmas.".
Steve grinned softly, "Marrying you on Christmas, eh? That would be a brilliant gift, my queen.", caressing her curls in his hands, and then chuckled,
"Maybe we can do it again...Give Susan a new brother or sister just like last time.", with a tender smile.
"Hopefully we won't be landing on the shores of Japan or anything if we have another there.". Peggy joked as Steve nodded.
"That's true.", Steve chuckled but was thinking about that. Would they be needed in the Pacific or would helping achieve victory in Europe be enough?
He shook those thoughts from his head. They still needed to focus against Germany, who would hopefully surrender very soon.
Peggy smiled softly, "We will see what's ahead for us, luv.", as she closed her eyes as she snuggled up closer to him.
"Yeah... yeah, we will...", Steve whispered as he stayed awake for a little while longer before eventually having to catch sleep of his own.
Thanks to their efforts, Market Garden would end up being a success; though certainly was a risky plan that might not be attempted again with just how much if could've gone wrong. XXX Corps drove through Arnhem and kept pushing north until they reached Zuiderzee and severed the
Netherlands in two, trapping many German garrisons on the wrong side of the country with only the Afsluitdijk dam as their only route back to Germany.
The British 2nd would turn east and move to the IJssel river and parts of the
Rhine as to prepare for the next push into Germany proper while the Canadian 1st would cover the flank and look north from the
De Lek River and west of the Arnhem salient to liberate the rest of Holland before a true humanitarian crisis of food shortages could happen.
Elsewhere, the Allies were making their gains as the trickling supplies were starting to open slowly to keep the broad front push going.
US 1st, 3rd, 7th, and the French 1st Armies all south of
Arnhem were pushing forward to liberate what remained of occupied France and move into
Germany and race towards the Rhine River where they could have lots of breathing room and prepare to capture the rest of the country.
Steve and Peggy were soon reunited with Bucky as he had transferred to the US 5th, and Steve was beyond happy to hug his best friend and pseudo-brother in his Amazonian size, and thanks to Phillips, the couple got a place in
Paris near the French-US Embassy, and reunited with Susan as Erskine brought her, with the couple introducing her to Bucky, her uncle.
"They pull me out of the Balkans right before Alexander is moving to take Vienna.", Bucky chuckled as he held
Susan in his hands. "And instead, I'm now in Paris meeting my niece for the first time. I wish you had told me sooner, Steve.".
"Sorry, deemed confidential in the mail. I'm just glad to know that you didn't get hurt in Italy while we were in Normandy.", Steve said.
"Eh, the fighting for us in northwestern Italy mostly calmed down. The Germans and their remaining Italian stooges that still thought it was a good idea to stick with the
Nazis didn't put up too much resistance before we eventually rolled them over.
10th Mountain Division got Mussolini at Salo. Pretty sure this new Italian government is going to hang him for the vultures soon when they hold him for trial soon.",
Bucky explained. 5th Army linked up with the Dragoon forces in southern France at Nice and Monaco at the end of August before 5th quickly turned around for the Balkans to assist British 8th Army.
Susan was a bit shy at first, but having heard stories of Bucky from her daddy, she found that
Bucky is truly a loyal, young at heart, and strong-willed man with family morals, and she came to enjoy the fact that he's her uncle, playing with Bucky's dog tags.
Peggy smiled happily to see Susan cheerful with Bucky and was glad to see Steve looking a lot better...Oh, being with
Peggy and Susan helped Steve more than he would imagine, but he had missed Bucky greatly all those past months since Italy.
Right now, they are having lunch in the couple's new temporary home, and much to Peggy's amusement,
Susan hadn't let go of Bucky since they met almost two hours ago, probably due to the fact that Bucky is sort of a teddy bear, but Peggy decided not to tease Bucky just yet.
"She certainly likes you a lot, Bucky.", Steve chuckled. "I think it's because she can probably tell how close you and I are."
, Bucky guessed as he gently rubbed Susan's hair. "You're just too much like your own father, aren't you?", he said to her.
"I think she's got more of her mother than me, Buck.", Steve smiled. Susan giggled, babbled with an attempted raised eyebrow, and Bucky laughed heartily,
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