|
Clash Over Remagen
When the American Army reached the Rhine at Remagen on March 7, 1945, such was
the speed of their advance, they arrived before the retreating Germans had time
to blow the vital bridge. The Americans seized the bridge intact. Realising the
threat to the German defences, the Luftwaffe were ordered into destroy the
bridge at all costs. Desperate efforts were made to attack the bridge, and over
the course of the following days the fighting became one of the legendary
battles of the war. Two RAF Tempests have flown right through the Luftwaffe
formation of Me262 and Arado 234 jets bombers, the high speed aircraft missing
each other by feet. The concentration of the desperate attackers is broken
momentarily, sufficiently so that their bombs miss the target - but more
Luftwaffe aircraft can be seen streaming into attack. |
