William C. Sylvan and Francis G. Smith
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125251
- eISBN:
- 9780813135038
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125251.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter accounts the advance across the Erft River and the capture of the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine River. It reports that Gemund and Schleiden, two names which loomed large in the Boche ...
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This chapter accounts the advance across the Erft River and the capture of the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine River. It reports that Gemund and Schleiden, two names which loomed large in the Boche December offensive, were captured by V Corps troops. The chapter provides an account of the taking of Cologne, the Reich's third-largest city, against light resistance and with only a few troops still holding out. It further reports that General Terry Allen's 104th Div cleared the city while the 3rd Armed Div continued the attack, to clear the enemy from the division sector north and west of the Rhine. The chapter estimates that more than 100,000 civilians still remained in Cologne, many of whom came out of their dugouts and wrecked houses to watch the troops roll in.Less
This chapter accounts the advance across the Erft River and the capture of the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine River. It reports that Gemund and Schleiden, two names which loomed large in the Boche December offensive, were captured by V Corps troops. The chapter provides an account of the taking of Cologne, the Reich's third-largest city, against light resistance and with only a few troops still holding out. It further reports that General Terry Allen's 104th Div cleared the city while the 3rd Armed Div continued the attack, to clear the enemy from the division sector north and west of the Rhine. The chapter estimates that more than 100,000 civilians still remained in Cologne, many of whom came out of their dugouts and wrecked houses to watch the troops roll in.
William Stuart Nance
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780813169606
- eISBN:
- 9780813169644
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813169606.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter covers operations from each army crossing the Rhine until the end of the war in May 1945. It highlights the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket as well as the fighting in the Harz Mountains. ...
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This chapter covers operations from each army crossing the Rhine until the end of the war in May 1945. It highlights the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket as well as the fighting in the Harz Mountains. It also discusses the role of cavalry in protecting the truck-mounted infantry, allowing very mobile operations. It shows how cavalry led the U.S. First and Ninth Armies to the Elbe, and the Seventh and Third Armies to Czechoslovakia and Bavaria.Less
This chapter covers operations from each army crossing the Rhine until the end of the war in May 1945. It highlights the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket as well as the fighting in the Harz Mountains. It also discusses the role of cavalry in protecting the truck-mounted infantry, allowing very mobile operations. It shows how cavalry led the U.S. First and Ninth Armies to the Elbe, and the Seventh and Third Armies to Czechoslovakia and Bavaria.
