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Gefallen Engel U-666
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Miracle at Remagen AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF ART
1945: AMERICANS CAPTURE THE LUDENDORFF BRIDGE, THE ONLY BRIDGE STILL STANDING ACROSS THE RHINE CROSS IT FOR TEN DAYS UNTIL ITS COLLAPSE FROM AGE, DEMOLITION AND AIR ATTACKS  , SHORTENING WWII CONSIDERABLY. THE FEROCIOUS GERMAN COUNTERATTACK - AS DEPICTED BY A WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST > <
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To protect the bridge against aircraft, the Americans positioned the largest concentration of anti-aircraft weapons during World War IIleading to "the greatest antiaircraft artillery battles in American history." The Americans counted 367 different German Luftwaffe aircraft attacking the bridge over the next 10 days. The Americans claimed to have shot down nearly 30% of the aircraft dispatched against them. The German air offensive failed.
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PROVES UNAVAILING. HITLER ORDERS THE EXECUTION OF THE BRIDGE COMMANDERS FOR FAILURE TO ACT.... AS A WARNING EXAMPLE TO ALL GERMAN COMMANDS THIS MESSAGE WAS DISPATCHED TO ALL COMMANDS:
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... The five guilty officers were condemned to death by court martial, one of them, a captain, in absentia. The sentence was executed against three majors and one lieutenant. The above information is to be communicated to all troops as rapidly as possible and should be considered a warning to everyone. Who does not live in honor will die in shame.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Remagen
Last edited by Aktungbby; 03-07-18 at 12:26 PM.
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