Remagen Bridge Crucial Rhine Crossing Story Revealed
A frontline officer recounts the Remagen bridge seizure by the Ninth Army’s 7th Infantry Battalion in days of intense fighting. Backfiring trucks and fragile German defenses delayed demolition as American infantry crossed the Rhine, securing a pivotal bridgehead before its collapse. The account highlights nerves, misread maps, and near trap that could have altered the war’s course.
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Rhine
Luderdorff
Remager
Adoran
Happersd
7Th Infantry Battalion
Ninth Armored Division
Firat
Ron
Mack Mountain
Idrop
Pla
Toon
Remagen
Churchill Urges U N Take India Independence Issue
London march 6 Winston Churchill proposed in the house of commons that Britain hand the problem of India's independence to the United Nations. He attacked the government's plan to free India by 1948 and warned that current policies would darken years ahead for India's 400 million people. He condemned the interim government led by Nehru and the All India Congress for mishandling post independence prospects.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Rommons
Britain
United Nations
India
Churchill
all-Indian Interim Government of
Subcontinent
Nehru
Jawaharlal
Allh Congress Party
Excise Taxes Continued In War Economy Debate
Lawrence and Coffeyville report wartime measures expanding excise taxes on hundreds of items including liquor furs jewelry cosmetics and transportation. A Kansas City official and St Luke's hospital note a 22 caliber bullet removed from a broncho tube after hunter inhaled breath during a hunting trip to the White House. The measure awaits final approval and will be sent to the White House on Monday.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Hunter
Washington
Kansas City
Victor House
Fegis Klotz, Jr
Coffeyville
Kaz
St. Luke's Hospital
Doory
White House
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Freeh
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Wealern Maid
Cella Phe
Coffee Maswell House
Chuck Roast
Post Toasties
Phos
Holsum
Heinz
Landrith
Masa
Shamrock Center Bricks
R Lawrence Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co
Drakes
Drake’s Bakery
Morton
Io Pouss
Haverty
Ninth Street Market
Genie
Dor
Snow
Arkansas Fryers
South Side Produce
Ralph Pine
Poedler
King
Ala Food Condieignine
Scott Temperature EQ Equipment Co
Ti Foods
Coffee
Armour's
COORE
Jae
Ibe
del Monte
Rae
Boa Chocolates
Tae
Limas
Chow Mela
Sandles New Cam
Tosat Wafers
Bor
Ginger Snaps Box
Heinz Baby Foods
Pansiek
Parsons
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Navy
Abe
Kellogg's
All Bran
del Red
Alacha
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Cove Oysters
Tall Tins
Ibs
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Phe
Boston Butt
Cudahy
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