Ludendorff-Brücke The Ludendorff Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was a bridge across the river Rhine in Germany which was captured...
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7 to 25 March 1945 when American forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine intact. They were able to hold it against German opposition...
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German astronomer Mathilde Ludendorff (1877–1966), German teacher and psychiatrist Ludendorff Bridge, a former railway bridge across the Rhine in Germany...
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assault across the bridge, helped remove explosive charges, and survived the German Army's attempt to demolish the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March...
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Armored captured the Ludendorff Bridge when German demolition charges failed to bring the bridge down. Soldiers scrambled under the bridge, swinging from girder...
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Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːdn̩dɔʁf] ; 9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a Prussian-born German military...
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of the Ludendorff bridge, a strategic railroad bridge across the Rhine, in the Battle of Remagen. Despite German attempts to destroy the bridge, Allied...
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9th Armored Division approached Remagen and captured the intact Ludendorff Bridge. While the real battle ran for a week and involved several artillery...
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Bridgehead (redirect from Bridge-head)
territory, such as when the U.S. 9th Armored Division seized the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen in 1945 during World War II. In some cases a bridgehead...
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including 2,000 killed or missing. Exploiting the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on 7 March 1945, the U.S. 12th Army Group (General Omar...
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participated in the Battle of the Bulge, and was used to try to destroy the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen. One Karl-Gerät has survived; the remainder...
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Remagen (section Bridge at Remagen)
Division reached the Ludendorff Bridge during the closing weeks of World War II and were very surprised to see that the railroad bridge was still standing...
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– September 28, 1993) was the first American soldier to cross the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen, Germany in World War II during the...
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construction of the first pontoon bridge across the Rhine at Remagen to take traffic pressure off the severely damaged Ludendorff Bridge before its tragic collapse...
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Cambrai (4) Netherlands, 19: Maastricht (19) Germany, 11: Remagen (Ludendorff Bridge) (11) Antwerp, Belgium was a target for a large number of V-weapon...
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in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is most famous for the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge across the Rhine River. As of 18 May 2015, the battalion exists as...
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prominent use of the Ar 234 was the repeated attempts to destroy the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen between 7 and 17 March 1945. Many airframes were destroyed...
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Hugh Mott (section Action at Ludendorff Bridge)
actions as part of the 9th Engineer Battalion in the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge on March 7, 1945. Mott was born in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated...
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(German). "World War II": season 5, episode 8 of Drunk History. Ludendorff Bridge, the bridge at Remagen "Headquarters, 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade". 25...
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guilty of failing to prevent the Western Allies from capturing the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen on 7 March 1945. On a direct order from...
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contributions to establishing key bridgeheads in Europe was at the Ludendorff Bridge at the Battle of Remagen. Combat engineers also played roles in several...
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the Ludendorff Bridge after the 9th Armored Division captured it on March 7, 1945. He was 32 km (20 mi) to the west when he heard that the bridge had...
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This is a list of bridge failures. The General (1926 film): The fictional Rock River bridge, a wooden trestle bridge purpose-built for the film, is set...
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opportunity taken by U.S. forces when the Germans failed to blow up the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen; another was a hasty assault; and two crossings were planned:...
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the city of Remagen to scout the Ludendorff Bridge and escort Rivers' tank squad to the bridge. Upon reaching the bridge, a huge hole in the ground prevents...
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efforts to eliminate the American bridgehead over the Rhine at the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen. The 5th Panzer Army was encircled and trapped in the Ruhr...
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religious scholar. Karl H. Timmermann, who led the initial assault on the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, and was the first American officer to cross the River...
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Canal Defence Light (section Bridge at Remagen)
Third and Ninth armies. The Allies used the CDLs to protect the Ludendorff Bridge after it was captured intact during the Battle of Remagen. The Germans...
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Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge Kennedy Bridge (Bonn) Kocher Viaduct Köhlbrand Bridge Körsch Viaduct Lindaunis Bridge Ludendorff Bridge, the Bridge at Remagen, destroyed...
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