On March 7, 1945, soldiers from Lt. Col. Leonard E. Engeman’s task force captured the intact Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen. Just before the seizure, 1st Lt. Max D. McLaughlin, ...

The river was wide, fast, and militarily significant. Most German bridges were expected to be destroyed before American troops reached them. Operation Plunder, Montgomery’s major crossing farther ...

AFTER a reunion last week of the combat soldiers who were there on both sides of the lines, the question of why the Germans failed to blow the famed Ludendorff bridge still remains unsettled. But the ...

George E. Learned served in the 89th Cav Rcn Sq (Mecz) of the 9th Armd Div as a first lieutenant at the time of the capture of the Remagen bridge. He revisited the town for the first time since 1945 ...

At the Association of the United States Army’s 2023 Annual Meeting, Gen. Randy George, 41st chief of staff of the Army, delivered a speech that highlighted his priorities. George told attendees that ...

Advancing troops and retreating German forces converge on the last bridge on the Rhine. A true-life WWII powerhouse. Advancing troops and retreating German forces converge on the last bridge on the ...