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Events on Wednesday 7 March 1945 1
1945Allies cross the RhineRemagen bridge captured intactUS troops captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 7, 1945, crossing the Rhine before the Germans could destroy it. Within 24 hours 8,000 troops had crossed into Germany.