EAST PIER OF THE REMAGEN BRIDGE ON THE RHINE RIVER BANK NEAR ERPEL The 335-meter-long "LUDENDORFF BRIDGE" over the RHINE at REMAGEN/ERPEL was the last intact railway bridge at the end of World War II,

EAST PIER OF THE REMAGEN BRIDGE ON THE RHINE RIVER BANK NEAR ERPEL
The 335-meter-long "LUDENDORFF BRIDGE" over the RHINE at REMAGEN/ERPEL
was the last intact railway bridge at the end of World War II,
captured intact by the advancing American troops,
but collapsed a few days later due to overloading...
On the rock in the foreground, a memorial plaque commemorates these battles, but
also a reunion among friends in the 1990s... on 23.8.2018

Hans-Peter Kampmann 26.08.2018, 444 Views, 0 Comments * automatically translated