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The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film in Panavision starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara, and Robert Vaughn. The film, which was directed by John Guillermin, [ 3] was shot in Czechoslovakia.
The Bridge at Remagen: Directed by John Guillermin. With George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman. As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side.
Battle of Remagen; Part of Operation Lumberjack during the Western Allied invasion of Germany in the Western Front of the European theatre of World War II: American forces cross the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on 8 March 1945.
The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film in Panavision starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn. The film is a highly fictionalized version of actual events during the last months of World War II when the 9th Armored Division approached Remagen and captured the intact Ludendorff Bridge.
The US Army's surprise capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, broke open Germany's defenses in the west.
The capture of the bridge at Remagen was an important milestone for American forces, permitting the Allies to transport troops and tanks across the Rhine River into the heartland of Nazi Germany.
With the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 7, 1945, the U.S. 9th Armored Division were the first Allied troops to cross the Rhine into Germany. This article appears in: Fall 2023 By Victor Kamenir
The Bridge at Remagen, American war film, released in 1969, that earned acclaim for its gripping battle sequences and fine cast. Based on actual events, the film is set in the waning days of World War II as U.S. forces race to capture a strategic bridge at Remagen, Germany.
Sep 20, 2013 · 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.
In this gritty drama, George Segal is a war-weary combat team leader charged with taking a bridge during the Allies' final push into Germany; Robert Vaughn is his German opposite who'd rather blow up the bridge than have the Americans capture it!