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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, was shot in Czechoslovakia. It is based on the nonfiction book The Bridge at Remagen: The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945 by writer and U.S. Representative Ken Hechler.
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 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.
The Battle of Remagen was an 18-day battle during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. It lasted from 7 to 25 March 1945 when American forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine intact. They were able to hold it against German opposition and build additional temporary crossings.
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 US Army's surprise capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, broke open Germany's defenses in the west.
