Ludendorff Bridge
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The Ludendorff Bridge, also known as the Bridge at Remagen, was the bridge across the river Rhine in Germany which was captured by United States Army forces in early March 1945 during the Battle of Re
A view from the top of Erpeler Ley eight days before the bridge collapsed, killing 28 soldiers.
American troops on the Ludendorff Bridge in December 1918 for the Occupation of the Rhineland that lasted until 1930
Former location of the Ludendorff Bridge in 1953
The piers which had supported the Ludendorff Bridge were a navigation hazard and were removed in 1976.
Operation Plunder
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Operation Plunder was a military operation to cross the Rhine on the night of 23 March 1945, launched by the 21st Army Group under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. The crossing of the river was at Re
Ludendorff Bridge
…approached Remagen and were surprised to find that the bridge was still standing. Its capture, two weeks before Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's planned Operation Plunder, enabled the U.S. Army to establish a bridgehead on the eastern side of the Rhine. After the U.S. forces captured the bridge, German forces tried to…
U.S. 89th Division crossing the Rhine under fire
The city of Wesel in ruins after Allied bombardment, March 1945
British Commandos on the outskirts of Wesel
3-inch mortar of the 8th Royal Scots during the Rhine crossing, 24 March 1945