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Low water levels after a drought and heatwave are stopping cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in ...
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 ...
West Germany, April 1954: Soldiers from the 109th Engineer Battalion raise guy-wires for a 60-ton bridge being built across the Rhine River during an exercise.
The next planned stage of work is demolition of the 59-year-old bridge to make way for a replacement. Photo courtesy of Hochtief A.G. February 2, 2024 Heavy vehicles on Germany’s north-south A1 ...
On March 7, 1945, American forces of the 9th Armored Division made a stunning breakthrough—they captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen intact, giving the Allies an unexpected crossing over ...
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 ...
World War II reenactors filled Tidioute over the weekend to recreate the battle for the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany ...