ichabod1 wrote:
“At the time they weren’t saying what he died of, leading to much speculation. But now the references (wikipedia I think) say it was a stroke. I am not prepared to belive nor dispbelive it was a stroczk.”
Many thanks for the info!
Noel Remagen
The Ludendorff Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was in early March 1945 a critical remaining bridge across the river Rhine in Germany when it was captured during the Battle of Remagen by United States Army forces during the closing weeks of World War II.
While it stood, the bridge and newly established pontoon bridges enabled the U.S. Army to establish a bridgehead of six divisions, about 25,000 troops, with accompanying tanks, artillery pieces, and trucks, across the Rhine.
Capturing the bridge shortened the war and V-E Day came on May 8, 1945.
It was an odd name, and related to a movie so I remembered it.
"What make a great movie?"
"think bridge"