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/9780813169606.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter covers from February 1945 to approximately March 1945. It highlights corps cavalry contributions to Operations GRENADE and LUMBERJACK, involving the U.S. Ninth and First Armies driving ...
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This chapter covers from February 1945 to approximately March 1945. It highlights corps cavalry contributions to Operations GRENADE and LUMBERJACK, involving the U.S. Ninth and First Armies driving across the Cologne Plain. It also discusses the seizure of the Remagen Bridge and the role of cavalry in that action. Finally, it also details the offensives of both Patton's U.S. Third Army and Patch's U.S. Seventh Army across the Saar-Palatinate.Less
This chapter covers from February 1945 to approximately March 1945. It highlights corps cavalry contributions to Operations GRENADE and LUMBERJACK, involving the U.S. Ninth and First Armies driving across the Cologne Plain. It also discusses the seizure of the Remagen Bridge and the role of cavalry in that action. Finally, it also details the offensives of both Patton's U.S. Third Army and Patch's U.S. Seventh Army across the Saar-Palatinate.
