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  2. Battle of Remagen - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Remagen was an 18-day battle during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. It lasted from 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 and build additional temporary crossings.

  3. Ruhr pocket - Wikipedia

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    The Ruhr pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Some 317,000 German troops were taken prisoner along with 24 generals. The Americans suffered 10,000 casualties including 2,000 killed or missing.

  4. Timeline of World War II (1945–1991) - Wikipedia

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    7: The Battle of Remagen: When German troops fail to dynamite the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine, the U.S. First Army captures the bridge and begins crossing the river. The Army also takes Cologne, Germany. [1] [7]: Germans begin to evacuate Danzig.

  5. 291st Engineer Combat Battalion (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion was one of the most decorated engineer combat battalions of the United States Army during World War II, [1] playing notable roles both in the Battle of Bulge and the Rhine river crossing at Remagen.

  6. March 1945 - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Remagen began in Remagen, Germany. Romania declared war on Japan. [2] German submarine U-1302 was depth charged and sunk in St. George's Channel by the Canadian frigates Strathadam and Thetford Mines. Born: Arthur Lee, drummer, pianist and singer , in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2006)

  7. Ludendorff Bridge - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. 99th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 99th landed at the French port of Le Havre and proceeded northeast to Belgium. During the heavy fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, the unit suffered many casualties, yet tenaciously held its defensive position. In March 1945, the 99th advanced into the Rhineland, crossing the Rhine River at Remagen on March 11.

  9. Operation Lumberjack - Wikipedia

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    The Allies destroyed four corps of the German 15th and 7th Armies. The capture of the bridge at Remagen was an unexpected bonus that advanced the timetable for crossing the Rhine. [3] Patton and Bradley were able to move up their scheduled crossings of the Rhine. General Albert Kesselring described the battle as the "Crime of Remagen. It broke ...