7 - 8 MARCH 1945 - BATTLE OF REMAGEN BRIDGE- #WWII
The 9th Armored Division was advancing toward the Rhine River as part of an offensive, when a tank-infantry task force from its Combat Command B reached the high ground on the edge of the west bank resort city of Remagen.
The 9th Armored Division was advancing toward the Rhine River as part of an offensive, when a tank-infantry task force from its Combat Command B reached the high ground on the edge of the west bank resort city of Remagen.
The commander of the leading company reported the Ludendorff railroad bridge was still intact. Retreating German troops and fleeing civilian refugees were still crossing even as the enemy prepared it for demolition.
Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Engman, the task force commander, ordered 1st Lieutenant Karl Timmermann to lead the men of Company A, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion in a hasty attack to seize the bridge and establish a foothold on the far bank.
Supported by artillery, tanks and engineers, the rifle company advanced under heavy fire. The infantrymen overcame the resistance and seized the high ground on the east bank as other 9th Armored Division and First Army units rushed to cross and widen the bridgehead.
The German defenders retreated into the tunnel to continue fighting and organize a counter-attack.
After crossing the bridge, however, American infantrymen seized the high ground of the Erpeler Ley mountain above the tunnel and cut off the defenders' retreat.
After crossing the bridge, however, American infantrymen seized the high ground of the Erpeler Ley mountain above the tunnel and cut off the defenders' retreat.
With Americans at both ends of the tunnel, the remaining German soldiers and civilian refugees surrendered.
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