The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.

German police in Cologne on Sunday detained five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman who had tried to climb the city's famous ...

At Euskirchen, 17 miles west of the Rhine, Major General John W ... More Americans raced on, seized two Germans on the bridge. Then the Americans were across. A few Germans fled to a tunnel ...

MacDonald's 1972 book, "The Last Offensive." "We got a bridge across the Rhine and we're crossing over." "Hot dog, Courtney," Gen. Omar Bradley, commander of the 12th Army Group, remembered ...

There’s no need to travel to London or Venice to cross one of Europe’s most impressive bridge constructions. Simply go to Oberhausen instead, where the “Slinky Springs to Fame” is suspended across the ...