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PVT Mark Zehner
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Great news for the allies!
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
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The importance of capturing that bridge still intact sure had a major effect of Military operational success after some earlier shortfalls. The steps taken to prevent the Germans from destroying the bridge anyway via aircraft strikes was also very interesting. Thanks for the posting of this information.
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COL John McClellan
COL John McClellan
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Remagen is part of my heritage from serving in the 9th Engineer Battalion!
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Am I correctly assuming the German Mechanized force were out of fuel and the German army was conducting retrograde operations?
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COL John McClellan
COL John McClellan
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I'm not sure about the German fuel situation immediately surrounding these events, but yes - they were retreating and fell back to the east of the Rhine and had rigged the Ludendorff bridge for demolition if/when necessary.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
MAJ Ken Landgren
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COL John McClellan - Thank you for your reply. I am going to make a strong assumption that the fuel situation for the Germans was dire. The fuel problem made the German momentum slow down at the Battle of the Bulge. Thus they started retrograde operations and we went on the offense.
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