Eight decades ago, on March 7, American soldiers saw the most unexpected sight. A bridge, just more than 1,000-feet-long, was intact over the Rhine River. It shouldn’t have been. The Nazis had ...

Helmet pulled from mud of Rhine River reunited with World War II soldier's family 80 years later. Posted: February 1, ... But it was during the Battle at Remagen that he lost his helmet.

While the Rhine is over 800 miles long, the 36-mile stretch from Mainz to Koblenz is by far the most interesting. This is the Romantic Rhine, a powerful stretch of the river slashing a deep and ...

by Rick Steves, October 10, 2024 | While the Rhine is over 800 miles long, the 36-mile stretch from Mainz to Koblenz is by far the most interesting. Here's what travelers can expect.

February, 1945. The war in Europe enters its final stages as the Allies prepare to cross the Rhine. Hitler has ordered the destruction of all bridges across the river, but one small iron structure ...

Helmet pulled from mud of Rhine River reunited with World War II soldier's family 80 years later 03:06. PITTSBURGH ... But it was during the Battle at Remagen that he lost his helmet.

The dash and aggressiveness that enabled one American outfit to cash in on the Remagen bridge paid other dividends along the Rhine front last week.Lieut. General George S. Patton's Third Army was ...

While an Army band played on Saturday, soldiers in vintage World War II uniforms boarded an amphibious boat from the 1940s named “Tugboat Annie” and sailed down the Rhine, in honor of the ...

During World War II, Earl L. McCorkle from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, was fighting the Germans while trying to cross the Rhine River. But it was during the Battle at Remagen that he lost his helmet.