When American GIs captured the bridge at Remagen 50 years ago tomorrow to allow the first Rhine River crossing into the Nazi heartland, the old railroad span became an instant symbol of inevitable … ...

This stretch, the Rhine River Valley, ... Until we reach Remagen. It is the castles–39 of them in this valley–that provide the primary connection with history here.

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 ...

The March 7, 1945, seizure the Rhine River's Remagen Bridge by a U.S. Army task force is an outstanding example of individual and organizational initiative and carefully assessed aggressiveness.

Ludendorff railroad bridge, Remagen Germany DIRECTIONS Remagen is on highway B9 on the Rhine River between Koblenz and Bonn. In Remagen there are signs to the Friedensmuseum (Peace Museum).

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.

BRIDGETON — The most important bridge in Germany in Word War II was the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine River. Everybody bombed it. Warren Robinson, who fought at the Battle of Remagen Bridge ...

The March 7, 1945, seizure the Rhine River’s Remagen Bridge by a U.S. Army task force is an outstanding example of individual and organizational initiative and carefully assessed aggressiveness.

On March 7 Charles Aldieri celebrated his 85th birthday in a restaurant on the west side of the Rhine River here. The restaurant owner gave him a drink on the house. His reception here 65 years ...

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 ...

Despite the Nazi's attempt to destroy the Ludendorff bridge on the west bank of the Rhine River in Remagen, Germany, the 9th Armored Division captured it on March 7, 1945, enabling thousands of ...