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Remagen è una città di 16.134 abitanti della Renania-Palatinato, in Germania. Appartiene al circondario di Ahrweiler. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale la cittadina fu teatro di violenti scontri, noti come la battaglia di Remagen, tra le forze americane che cercavano di aprirsi un passaggio per entrare in Germania e le residue ...
- Battaglia di Remagen
7-25 marzo 1945. Luogo. Ponte di Ludendorff, fiume Reno;...
- Battaglia di Remagen
www.remagen.de. Remagen ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁeːmaːɡn̩] ⓘ) is a town in Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West German seat of government. It is situated on the left (western) bank of the river Rhine.
- 60 m (200 ft)
- Ahrweiler
Remagen ist eine verbandsfreie Stadt im Landkreis Ahrweiler in Rheinland-Pfalz, am linken Ufer des Mittelrheins gelegen. Sie grenzt im Norden an den Stadtbezirk Bad Godesberg der Bundesstadt Bonn. Remagen ist Standort des RheinAhrCampus. Bekannt wurde Remagen durch die am 7. März 1945 von der US-Army eingenommene Ludendorff-Brücke ...
- 33,21 km²
- 60 m ü. NHN
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.
- 7–25 March 1945
- American victory, Allies secure intact bridge over Rhine
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 ...
The Ludendorff Railroad Bridge at Remagen, between Koblenz and Bonn, was captured intact by troops of the US 9th Armored Division on March 7, 1945. Armored infantry fought their way across the bridge under intense enemy fire as the Germans attempted to destroy it with demolition charges.
