REMAGEN, Germany (S&S) — One of the first Americans to rush over and several of the last Germans to retreat across the famed Remagen bridge in 1945 were reunited amid jokes, laughter and some ...
Jacob Kleebach, then a sergeant of the bridge security force who became a carpenter in Remagen after the war, differed: "All those stories are not true. Nobody knows. It just didn't explode." ...
Google Images The real Ludendorff bridge prior to repeated attempts to destroy it and eventually collapsing on March 17, 1945 This past Saturday, August 4,marked the 10th performance of the ...
The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen was the site of a pivotal moment in WWII. On March 7, 1945, American forces crossed into Germany, making their first breakthrough into the heartland.
The last bridge which meets both sides' criteria's at Remagen, and both sides race to reach it first, but for very different purposes.