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    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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    assault across the bridge, helping remove explosive charges, and surviving the German Army's attempt to demolish the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March...
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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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    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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    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 pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪç ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːdn̩ˌdɔʁf]; 9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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 and the...
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    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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    Rhine (section Bridges)
    between Eltville and Bingen Marksburg near Koblenz, built in 1231 Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, showing damage before collapse during the Battle of Remagen...
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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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    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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    launch-ready 85° elevation to 30°. After the US Army captured the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen on 7 March 1945, the Germans were desperate...
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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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  • This is a list of bridge failures. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005 novel): The fictional Brockdale Bridge, by the Death Eaters (replaced by...
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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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    (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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    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 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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    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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    Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Kronprinz-Wilhelm Bridges were destroyed in World War II. Only the Crown Prince Wilhelm Bridge was rebuilt, as the Urmitz bridge, in...
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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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    river into Germany itself after the stunning failure to destroy the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen. On 1 April Army Group B found itself...
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    towards the Rhine. They were very surprised to see that the Ludendorff bridge, one of the last bridges across the Rhine, was still standing, and they captured...
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