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One unexpected outcome was the capture of the Ludendorff bridge, a strategic railroad bridge across the Rhine River. Despite the German's attempts to destroy the bridge, the U.S. forces captured it intact and were able to use it for ten days to establish a beachhead on the far side before it collapsed.

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  • Operation Lumberjack
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  • One unexpected outcome was the capture of the Ludendorff bridge, a strategic railroad bridge across the Rhine River. Despite the German's attempts to destroy the bridge, the U.S. forces captured it intact and were able to use it for ten days to establish a beachhead on the far side before it collapsed.
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Partof
  • the Invasion of Germany in World War II
Date
  • --03-25
Commander
  • Courtney Hodges
  • Erich Brandenberger
Caption
  • American forces cross the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen
Result
  • Allied victory
Place
  • Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
abstract
  • One unexpected outcome was the capture of the Ludendorff bridge, a strategic railroad bridge across the Rhine River. Despite the German's attempts to destroy the bridge, the U.S. forces captured it intact and were able to use it for ten days to establish a beachhead on the far side before it collapsed.
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