World War 11

[gilliantico@]

Where did the Allies first cross the Rhine in World war 11

Thanks Gillian..

[stewey]

According to this, March 7th., 1945.

http://worldwar2database.com/html/rhine.htm

[dot.hawkes]

she asked where stewey not when, was it not Ramagen?

[stewey]

Yes, dot; that's what it says in the article. I guess I wanted the person to read it and get more information.

[lindapinda]

I don't understand why people who obviously have computer access,don't find this out for themselves?

[gilliantico@]

we just sometimes need confirmation.....

[MustafaTickl]

The bridge at Remagen, Germany, was in a small German town on the Rhine river midway between Coblenz and Cologne. Originally built between 1916 and 1918, the bridge was constructed as a two-track railway bridge and was named after General Luettendorf. It had operational significance during WW I, but it was during World War II that the bridge became well-known. The Americans captured the bridge in early March 1945, but the Germans were not ready to give up their efforts to destroy it. On March 15, twenty-one fast bombers flew in to destroy the structure, but failed. Hitler then ordered divers from the German navy to attempt underwater attacks but they arrived too late to finish off the weakened structure. Shortly after three o'clock on the afternoon of March 17, 1945, the steel bridge at Remagen collapsed and fell into the Rhine. Of the 200 engineers working on it at the time, 93 were wounded and 28 killed. The collapse, ten days after it was liberated by the U.S., did not, however, alter the American advance east of the Rhine, as a pontoon bridge had been constructed. The Battle of Remagen was portrayed in 1969 John Guillermin's film "Bridge at Remagen" with George Segal and Robert Vaughn