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- The film is a highly fictionalized version of actual events during the last months of World War II, when the U.S. 9th Armored Division approached Remagen and captured the intact Ludendorff Bridge.
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Plot. The film opens with the United States Army failing to capture the still-intact Oberkassel railway bridge. Lieutenant Hartman (George Segal) is an experienced combat team leader who is becoming weary of the war in Europe.
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Mar 7, 2019 · The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, having served its purpose of carrying thousands of Allied troops with their tanks and supplies across the Rhine, collapsed into the river on March 17,...
- Christopher Woody
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.
- Lee Pfeiffer
May 13, 2015 · At Remagen on the west bank of the Rhine River in Germany the Ludendorff Bridge is a reminder of the battles that took place during the war over the bridges. German troops had tried to destroy the bridge, but the US 9 th Armoured Division captured the bridge in the spring of 1945.
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The battered Ludendorff railroad bridge at Remagen, photographed at 11:00 am on March 17, 1945. It collapsed into the Rhine a few hours later. In Roman times, the Rhine was considered the northernmost frontier of the Empire (excluding Britannia), and divided Gaul from Germania.
Jul 26, 2005 · The Bridge at Remagen is the detailed narrative of this surprising but crucial military action, one that stunned the German army. It is also the moving story of men who did not consider themselves heroes, but who performed magnificently under fire.
Mar 25, 2009 · The Bridge at Remagen is the detailed narrative of this surprising but crucial military action, one that stunned the German army. It is also the moving story of men who did not consider themselves heroes, but who performed magnificently under fire.
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