On March 7, 1945, American forces of the 9th Armored Division made a stunning breakthrough—they captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen intact, giving the Allies an unexpected crossing over ...

American troops scrambled across what remained of the Ludendorff ... commander of Allied forces in Europe, responded in a similar way. The Allied capture of the bridge at Remagen was a coup ...

In the wirephoto which appeared on the front page of almost every U.S. newspaper, the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen did not look like a thing of beauty. Its squat towers, like two massive beer mugs ...