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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 ...
The Ludendorff Bridge had been built by Russian prisoners of war during World War I to help transport supplies from Germany to France.
Ludendorff-Brücke) – most kolejowy w niemieckim mieście Remagen (Nadrenia-Palatynat) o długości 325 metrów, zbudowany podczas I wojny światowej w celu zwiększenia efektywności transportu żołnierzy i materiałów wojennych na front zachodni. Autorem projektu mostu był Karl Wiener.
Named after General Erich Ludendorff, Germany’s military leader during the latter half of World War I, the railroad bridge had been built—primarily by Russian prisoners of war—from 1916-1919 and had a span of 1,200 feet.
The railway bridge in Remagen was planned in 1912 and built from 1916 - 1918 during the First World War to bring troops to the Western Front. ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II’ named it "Ludendorff Bridge" in honour of the General Quartermaster of the Army, Erich Ludendorff.
Meanwhile, infantry units and engineers, with the support of landing craft acting as ferries, worked rapidly under constant enemy fire to build alternate crossings near the Ludendorff Bridge...
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.
