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Remagen
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Remagen (rā`mä'gən), town (1994 pop. 15,971), Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, on the Rhine River. It is a rail junction from which mineral water is shipped. U.S. troops used the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen when they first crossed (Mar., 1945) the Rhine in World War II.

Remagen

Town (pop., 2002 est.: 16,134), western Germany. Located on the left bank of the Rhine River, southeast of Bonn, it originated as a Roman fortress and still has Roman remains. During World War II its railroad bridge was the site where Allied troops forced a crossing of the Rhine (1945) for the first time in the war.



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The military police of the 9th Armored and 9th Infantry Divisions secured and maintained traffic control at the critical Rhine River crossing in Remagen, Germany.
Armor also supported the seizure of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany, the first Rhine River bridge captured intact.
He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the battle for the bridge at Remagen, Germany.
 
 
 
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