Bridge at Remagen & Museum 2007
Visit to the Peace Museum at what remains of the Bridge at Remagen, Germany, in August 2007
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Two months before the end of World War II, the American forces had advanced all the way to the Rhine River in Germany. They were surprised to find a railroad bridge at Remagen still intact. After capturing the bridge, the Americans were able to cross the river immediately with tanks and trucks full of supplies into Germany's heartland, which helped speed up the end of the war. Today, the site is the location of a peace museum.
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GERMANY: REMAGEN: 50TH ANNIVERSARY
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American and German war veterans and their relatives gathered today (Tuesday) in Remagen, Germany, for a 50th anniversary of a key battle that hastened the downfall of Hitler.
The battle was for the Ludendorff Bridge ... the last bridge left standing by the Germans over the river Rhine.
Its capture by the Allies provided a vital gateway into the heart of Germany ..and helped shorten the war.
This is what American G-Is saw 50 years ago when they rounded a hilly bend: a bridge that was not supposed to exist.
All this is what is left of the bridge - just these stone towers.
Today those involved in the battle for the Ludendorff Bridge returned to Remagen in remembrance.
The bridge capture was unplanned.
U-S soldiers had been told Hitler's troops had destroyed all bridges over the Rhine. When the 27th Armored Battalion saw this bridge, they swarmed across and secured it.
Within a week Gen. Dwight Eisenhower had poured 25-thousand more men plus tanks, artillery and trucks across the bridge.
Various speakers spoke of the men's courage. This man- George Ruhlen- was artillery commander a few miles (kilometres) south of Remagen when American troops took the bridge.
SOUNDBITE:
We must keep awake the memory of what has happened even in our children. They need to know that just like with an individual, the memories of a people can not be divided. There's a saying that you can't pass on experience. In reality though all people pass on their experience through their actions and their lives. Tolerance and the respect of one another's opinions are the only protection from persecution in private as well as in public life. To live these values is a lesson from our history. The foundations of our constitution therefore are the dignity of the individual and the democratic legitimacy of political power. Our state needs citizens who are vigilant. This is a quote from the former Federal President. this expresses exactly the political conscience of today's Germans. And it is our task to ensure that our children know our nation needs to continue to be vigilant.
SUPER CAPTION: Ret. U.S. Army Major General George Ruhlen
Others remembered not only the victory but the risks involved.
SOUNDBITE:
As an American I'd have to quote General Eisenhower if I may, in which I now have to paraphrase 'cause I don't have it memorized. He said to me this always epitomised the task of the American soldier and it was the American soldiers ingenuity at its best being able to change orders and be successful. Many times orders are changed and they are not successful and you get court martialed but this happened to be successful and he always liked the action. So that is what I think it symbolised. It symbolised to him the willingness of the American soldier to take risks for great gains.
SUPER CAPTION: Cecil E. Roberts, Ret. U.S. Colonel
Every year 25-thousand people visit a Peace Museum in the stone towers.
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Visit to the Peace Museum at what remains of the Bridge at Remagen, Germany, in August 2007
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Bridge At Remagen - World War II
This film documents the U.S. Army and its allies' battle to capture the bridge at Remagen and cross the Rhine River into Germany. It has many combat scenes and recounts along with subsequent tactical events. Generals Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley along with renowned military officials discuss the military gain of the capture with regard to the ensuing conduct of the war in Europe.
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Damaged and twisted Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany, during World War 2; American flag flying atop as Allies cross Rhine
The American flag fluttering in the breeze from one of the towers of the Ludendorff Bridge, over the Rhine River, in Germany, during World War 2. A sign reads 'Cross the Rhine with Dry Feet, Courtesy of 9th Armed Div.' Several views of wrecked bridge over Rhine River. Bomb damaged buildings and rubble seen on the other side of the bridge, where US Army trucks and ambulance are seen passing by. Dramatic clouds passing by overhead as trucks roll by past rubble of buildings in Remagen. Final sequence shows several trucks, filled with U.S. Army troops, proceeding further into Germany through the city of Remagen.. Location: Germany. Date: March 30, 1945.
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Bridge of Remagen
Museum of peace in the ruins of the famous Remagen bridge, which played a decisive role at the end of WWII.
Erpel - Linz a. Rhein, DP BR142 Henkelzug, BR185, BR145, ERS BR189, BR152, BR151, 2x BR143
Gefilmt am 09.06.11 zwischen Linz und Erpel am Rhein.
Filmed at 09.06.11 between Linz and Erpel at the river Rhine.
In the curve at the right side one is able to see the bridge towers of the famous bridge of Remagen.
On the opposite side of the Rhine is the town of Remagen. The towers on the Remagen side of the Rhine are now a peace museum with the flag of the USA and Germany on top. We see in this video the bridge towers of the small town of Erpel.
On the left side is the town of Linz.
Man sieht rechts in der Kurve die rechtsrheinischen Türme der Brücke von Remagen, welche in der Stadt Erpel stehen. Die Türme auf der linksrheinischen Seite in Remagen sind jetzt ein Friedensmuseum.
Zur linken Seite sieht man die Stadt Linz.
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Places to see in ( Remagen - Germany )
Places to see in ( Remagen - Germany )
Remagen is a town in Germany in the Land Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West German capital. It is situated on the left bank of the River Rhine.
Located on the banks of the Rhine, this is a great little museum which gives a sense of what life was like during WW2, particularly for those living in Remagen close to the Ludendorff Bridge, and those who defended it and the american forces who captured it towards the end of the war.
( Remagen - Germany ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Remagen. Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Remagen - Germany
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Ein Veteran der 12 SS Pz. Div erklärt die 7,5 cm PAK 40 mit der er in der Normandie 1944 während der Invasion kämpfte. Nach dem Krieg war dies 64 Jahre später seine erste und letzte Reise dorthin. Ruhe in Frieden Werner A german veteran of the battle of normandy 1944 (12. SS Pz.Div) explains the 7,5 cm PAK 40 he faught with - Rest in paece Werner
Ninth Infantry Vets Commemorate Remagen Bridge Crossing
Honoring 9th Infantry Veterans and 30-year Anniversary of Remagen Peace Museum. Vets talks of crossing Rhine in March 1945.
Eisenbahnen in Erpel an der ehemaligen Brücke von Remagen
Gefilmt am 09.06.11 zwischen Linz und Erpel am Rhein.
Filmed at 09.06.11 between Linz and Erpel at the river Rhine.
In the curve at the right side one is able to see the bridge towers of the famous bridge of Remagen.
On the opposite side of the Rhine is the town of Remagen. The towers on the Remagen side of the Rhine are now a peace museum with the flag of the USA and Germany on top. We see in this video the towers of the small town of Erpel.
Man sieht rechts in der Kurve die rechtsrheinischen Türme der Brücke von Remagen, welche in der Stadt Erpel stehen. Die Türme auf der linksrheinischen Seite in Remagen sind jetzt ein Friedensmuseum.
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Bridge at Remagen, die Brücke von Remagen 29 July 2008
This is the Ludendorf Bridge at Remagen: die Brücke von Remagen - the last intact bridge over the Rhein River in WWII. It was built from 1916 to 1918, the Americans captured it intact on 7 March 1945, it collapsed on 17 March 1945; and since 7 March 1980 a memorial for peace. It also has a small museum inside the bridgehead that is on the west side of the Rhein. Filmed on 29.7.08.
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Nijmegen: 20-09-14, anniversary: Operation Market Garden.
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Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation planned, and predominantly led, by the British. It was fought in the Netherlands and Germany in World War II. The success of the operation depended on taking a series of nine bridges, the last being at the city of Arnhem over the Rhine river. Airborne and land forces succeeded in the liberation of the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen, but failed in keeping their farthest positions in and around the city of Arnhem including the bridge over the Rhine.
The operation included two sub-operations: an airborne assault to seize key bridges (Market) and a ground attack (Garden). The attack was the largest airborne operation up to that point in World War II.
Field Marshal Montgomery's strategic goal was to encircle the heart of German industry, the Ruhr, in a pincer movement. The northern end of the pincer would circumvent the northern end of the Siegfried Line, giving easier access into Germany. The aim of Operation Market Garden was to establish the northern end of a pincer ready to project deeper into Germany. Allied forces would project north from Belgium, 60 miles (97 km) through the Netherlands, across the Rhine and consolidate north of Arnhem on the Dutch/German border, ready to close the pincer.
The operation made massed use of airborne forces, whose tactical objectives were to secure the bridges and allow a rapid advance by armored ground units to consolidate north of Arnhem. The operation required the seizure of the bridges across the Maas, two arms of the Rhine (the Waal and the Lower Rhine), together with crossings over several smaller canals and tributaries.
The Allies captured several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen at the beginning of the operation. Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks' XXX Corps ground force advance was delayed by the initial failure of the airborne units to secure bridges at Son and Nijmegen. German forces demolished the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son before it could be secured by the 101st Airborne Division. The 82nd Airborne Division's failure to capture the main road bridge over the river Waal at Nijmegen before 20 September also delayed the advance of XXX Corps.
At the furthest point of the airborne operation at Arnhem, the British 1st Airborne Division encountered initial strong resistance. The delays in capturing the bridges at Son and Nijmegen gave time for German forces—including the 9th and 10th SS panzer divisions, who were present at that time—to organize and counterattack.
In the ensuing battle, only a small force managed to capture the north end of the Arnhem road bridge and after the ground forces failed to relieve them, the paratroopers were overrun on 21 September. The remainder of the 1st Airborne Division was trapped in a small pocket west of the bridge, having to be evacuated on the 25th of September, after sustaining heavy casualties.
The Allies had failed to cross the Rhine. The river remained a barrier to their advance into Germany until offensives at Remagen, Oppenheim, Rees and Wesel in March 1945. The failure of Market Garden to form a foothold over the Rhine ended Allied expectations of finishing the war by Christmas 1944.
Trains and ships at Linz beside the Rhine near the remains of the bridge of Remagen
Gefilmt am 21.03.11 in Linz am Rhein.
Der rechts sichtbare Schienenbus gehört zur Eifelbahn Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, welche auch die Steilstrecke Kasbachtalbahn betreibt.
Die Kasbachtalbahn beginnt hinter dem Schienenbus.
Am Beginn des Videos zoome ich auf zwei schwarze Türme zu. Das sind die rechtsrheinischen Türme der Ludendorff Brücke. Der berühmten Brücke von Remagen. Diese Türme stehen in dem Örtchen Erpel.
Gegenüber befindet sich die Stadt Remagen. Die dortigen linksrheinischen Brückentürme sind jetzt ein Friedensmuseum.
In the beginning of the video I´m zooming towards two black towers.
Those are the remaining bridge towers of the Ludendorff bridge. The bridge towers of the famous bridge of Remagen on the right side of the Rhine in the little town of Erpel.
On the left side of the Rhine is the town of Remagen with
it´s own remaining bridge towers of this bridge. Those Remagen towers on the left side of the Rhine are now a peace museum with the flag of the USA and Germany on top.
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Remagen at liberation
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The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen was a railway bridge across the Rhine in Germany, connecting the villages of Remagen and Erpel between two ridge lines of hills flanking the river. Remagen is situated about 20km south of Bonn.
The bridge was built by Grün & Bilfinger between 1916 and 1919 to connect the Right Rhine Railway, the Left Rhine Railway and the Ahrtalbahn (German) to facilitate transport to the Western Front. It was a key element of a planned strategic railway that was to start in Neuss, cross the Rhine at Remagen and connect with the Ahr Valley railway that connected with the Eiffel railway that has lines into Luxembourg and France. The advantage of such a line was that troops and supplies could be transported to the Western Front from the Ruhr industrial area without having to go through the busy rail centres of Cologne or Düsseldorf. However, by the time World War I ended, the line between Neuss and Remagen had not been completed and never was. This is also the reason why the bridge at Remagen was not rebuilt after World War II.
Designed by Karl Wiener, it was 325 meters long, with two rail lines and a walkway. It was one of three bridges built to improve rail links between Germany and France during World War I, the other two being the Hindenburg Bridge at Bingen and Urmitz Bridge near Koblenz. This was one of the four bridges guarded during the Third United States Army occupation at the end of World War I.
The bridge was captured at around 16:30 on 7 March 1945 by the US army and became the first bridgehead across the Rhine. Both sides then engaged in a race to reinforce the area which ultimately was won by the American who had much greater resources. The Anericans captured the railway tunnel in the early hours of the following morning by passing over the hill and taking it from the rear.
Following the capture of the bridge, the Germans made frantic efforts to destroy it. They were hindered by weak forces in the area and the Erpeler Ley hill which actually protected the bridge from attack from the east. Without the possibility of artillery spotting, attacks were much more difficult. Several attacks were made by the Luftwaffe with one bomb scoring a hit but failing to detonate. Other attacks included the use of V2s and frogmen.
In other films I describe parts of the battle, why the bridge was not blown etc..
I would like to recommend the excellent 1968 - 9 film the Bridge at Remagen which is historically very accurate although names have been changed.
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Erpel Remagen Linz BR152, Veolia BR185, Railion BR185, 2x MRCE Mak, 2x BR143, 2x BR425
Gefilmt am 20.05.09 zwischen Linz und Erpel am Rhein.
Filmed at 20.05.09 between Linz and Erpel at the river Rhine.
The dark tower at the beginning (right at the curve where the trains are appearing) is one of two towers of the famous bridge of Remagen. Those Towers are located on the right bank of the Rhine in the town of Erpel.
In the end of the movie short after my last little zooming out one is able to see the bridge towers on the left side of the Rhine in the town of Remagen. Those Remagen towers are now a peace museum with the flag of the USA and Germany on top.
Der dunkle Turm am Anfang des Videos ist einer der beiden rechtsrheinischen (Stadt Erpel) Brückentürme der berühmten Brücke von Remagen.
Am Ende des Videos zoome ich nochmal ganz kurz aus. Dann sieht man klein die linksrheinischen Türme der Brücke von Remagen, welche in der Stadt Remagen selbst stehen. Diese Türme auf der linksrheinischen Seite sind jetzt ein Friedensmuseum.
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Bahnhof Linz am Rhein und die Überreste der Brücke von Remagen
Gefilmt am 21.03.11 in Linz am Rhein.
Der rechts sichtbare Schienenbus gehört zur Eifelbahn Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, welche auch die Steilstrecke Kasbachtalbahn betreibt.
Die Kasbachtalbahn beginnt hinter dem Schienenbus.
Die BR143 mit den Dostos verschwindet hinter zwei schwarzen Türmen. Das sind die rechtsrheinischen Türme der Ludendorff Brücke. Der berühmten Brücke von Remagen. Diese Türme stehen in dem Örtchen Erpel.
Gegenüber befindet sich die Stadt Remagen. Die dortigen linksrheinischen Brückentürme (Szene mit BR101 und IC) sind jetzt ein Friedensmuseum.
The BR143 with double decker wagons disappears behind two black towers.
Those are the remaining bridge towers of the Ludendorff bridge. The bridge towers of the famous bridge of Remagen on the right side of the Rhine in the little town of Erpel.
On the left side of the Rhine is the town of Remagen with
it´s own remaining bridge towers of this bridge. Those Remagen towers on the left side of the Rhine are now a peace museum with the flag of the USA and Germany on top.
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