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The Ludendorff Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was a bridge across the river Rhine in Germany which was captured by United States Army forces in early March 1945 during the Battle of Remagen, in the closing weeks of World War II, when it was one of the few remaining bridges in the region and therefore a critical strategic point.
Kürten opened the "Friedensmuseum Brücke von Remagen" (Remagen Bridge Peace Museum) on 7 March 1980 in one of the western towers. [ 135 ] [ 143 ] Exhibits include a history of the bridge, a video documentary, information on the bridge's construction, and documentation about more than 200 wars in the region. [ 135 ]
A large number of books and articles in newspapers and magazines on the battle for the bridge have been published. The best-known work on the battle is 1957's The Bridge at Remagen by the American author Ken Hechler. [8] In 1968 David L. Wolper produced an American motion picture, The Bridge at Remagen. The film depicts historical events, but ...
American forces cross the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. Date: 1–25 March 1945: ... However, the bridge towers remain and in 1980 a peace museum was opened to the ...
After clearing towns west of the Rhine, it crossed the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on the 11th. The 99th Infantry Division was the first complete division to cross the Rhine. [14] They continued to Linz am Rhein and to the Wied River. Crossing on the 23d, it pushed east on the Koln-Frankfurt highway to Giessen.
Peace Museum Bridge at Remagen: Prisoners of War Temporary Enclosures in 1945; Enemy Prisoners of War, Stanhope Bayne-Jones, M.D. International Committee of the Red Cross in WW II: German prisoners of war in Allied hands
Sign erected by the 291st declaring their bridge the first over the Rhine at Remagen Army footage showing March 10 construction and bombing near the Rhine treadway bridge (1 minute). View of Barrage balloons above Omaha Beach on June 24, 1944 as seen by the 291st after arriving from Southampton, England aboard a Landing Ship .
Bridge at Remagen – Part I (B&W – 1963) Events surrounding capture of bridge at Remagen by American troops, March 7, 1945, giving U.S. forces the first bridgehead on the Rhine. TV 658 – Bridge at Remagen – Part II (B&W – 1963) Capture of bridge and subsequent tactical events – military gain of the capture is assessed with regard to ...