The gripping tale of the Battle of Remagen, where the Allies’ dramatic capture of the last standing bridge over the Rhine in 1945 changed the course of World War II-illustrated with vivid artwork that brings the tension and triumph to life.In the aftermath of the Battle of the Bulge in February 1945, the Allies embarked upon the final assault of Germany. The long-delayed US thrust over the Roer River eventually took place in February, leaving the Rhine as the last major geographical barrier to the Allied advance into Germany.This book describes how the US Army, in the face of furious last-ditch German resistance, captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen securing the last surviving major crossing over the Rhine and setting the stage for the defeat of the German Army in the West.
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