This blow-by-blow account tells the true story of the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge that crossed the Rhine--a successful mission that saved thousands of American lives and spearheaded the invasion of Nazi Germany. Reissue.
The incredible story of the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge, a strategic bridge crossing the Rhine river at the town of Remagen. This updated volume contains bandw photos of American and German troops, artillery and aerial shots of the Rhine, and the Ludendorff Bridge before its ultimate destruction.
Until now, no book has covered all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it. In I Always Wanted to Fly, retired USAF Colonel Wolfgang Samuel has gathered first-person memories from the heroes of the cockpits and airstrips. Battling in dogfights when jets were novelties, saving lives in gruelling airlifts, or flying dangerous ...
On 16 December 1944, when the 51st Engineer Combat Battalion faced the Germans' last gasp effort to win the war, it had been operating 30 sawmills in support of the First United States Army. Within days the battalion was spread over the Belgian countryside, defending roads, bridges, and towns from the Nazi attempt to break through to the Meuse ...
This memoir provides an insight into what it was like to work behind the scenes in the White House during Truman's term as President. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of those who worked closely with Truman, focusing on the Truman not seen in public.
Description: B&W illustrations. Fine, wraps (softcover) 248pp. ISBN 1575101106 "The story of a German-born US Army Lieutenant who won a Distinguished Service Cross. " read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781575101101ISBN:1575101106
Description: Very Good. 1575101106 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company
ISBN-13:9781575101101ISBN:1575101106
Description: New. 1575101106 **NEW** Book is in excellent condition, binding tight, pages crisp & clean. No remainder marks. Dlvry confirmation inside US included. Selling books since 1979* read more
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. He Amazing Story of March 7, 1945-The Day the Rhine River was Crossed over 70 photos, a chapter on the making of the movie. The story of the capture of the Remagen Bridge by U.S. Forces. read more
Description: 2004, new copy, paper covers, glossy page stock, 7 x 10, 248 pages, well illustrated.........................A full-length biography of Lt. Karl H. Timmermann, the first officer to cross the famed Ludendorff Bridge at the German town of Remagen. According to Hechler, "Timmermanns leadership on March 7, 1945, saved 5, 000 American lives and shortened the war in the European Theater of Operations. " read more
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. A master storyteller of World War II, Ken Hecheler returns to his classic account of the Bridge at Remagen during the first crossing of the Rhine River in 1945. 78 pages of photos, maps illustrations. read more
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Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945
