Remagen Bridge

Date: 28-03-1945 Reference: HW 1/3645 (4) Creator: Records created or inherited by Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) Catalogue context: PM from C. Europe: assessment from Fieldmarshal Model for Mar 27, premature deployment by US 1st Army of three armoured divisions for break-through from Remagen bridgehead, German commanders of independent formations and of Volksturm battalions in rear area given task of combatting armoured attack; GAF attacks on Allied forces in area 25 miles north of Wuerzburg; strength and weapons return from SS Panzer Grenadier Training Battalion ordered to 19th Army for employment in Miltenberg. Naval Headlines: operations by small battle units; Danzig-Gdansk dockyards no longer tenable, all U-boats and associated vessels to leave, Captain U-boats to transfer to Kiel; danger in waters off Norway from Allied aircraft carriers; total heavy diesel oil stocks for E-boats in Pola down to 11. 2 cubic metres, Mar 21, all fuel in Fiume consumed Mar 23; Japanese No 1 Diversion Attack Force to leave Kure for Sasebo, Mar 28; cryptographic material on Okinawa being destroyed, Allied surface forces carrying out operations in Saka... Categories: Overseas; Second World War Subjects: Army; Conflict; Europe and Russia; Intelligence; Labour; Manufacturing; Navy; Oil and gas; Operations, battles and campaigns; Weapons Topics: Business, finance and innovation; International trade and affairs; Land and buildings; Military and war Period: Postwar Places: Germany; Remagen Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf