Blown bridges and a major defeat
The Battle of Bridge 14 - Rhodesia and South Africa: Military History
Then the infantry appeared on the road and a few minutes later Roxo and his men had climbed onto the armoured cars and returned to the main force's positions.
Battle at Ramelle - Saving Private Ryan Wiki - Fandom
... bridge , funneling the enemy onto the main street seemed like the only option. It's likely that Miller placed a team of paratroopers on the east side of the ...
Bridge blown up hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
RM KEG0B4–Tangled Ruins of Marne Bridge Blown Up by Germans and Red Cross Train Wreck. heart_plus. download shopping_cart.
Dramatic moment Ukraine destroys key Russian bridge in Kursk in ...
UKRAINIAN forces have destroyed a key bridge in Kursk in a massive blow to Putin's war supply lines.Dramatic footage shows the moment the ...
In Memory Of | Mackinac Bridge Authority
Prentiss M. Brown is well known for his struggle to get the Mackinac Bridge built over the Straits of Mackinac.
10 Reasons Why Bridges Collapse - Science | HowStuffWorks
Major earthquakes can bring about the collapse of dozens of buildings, but collapsed bridges are often the most visible signs of the havoc an ...
US Troops Capture Ludendorff Railroad Bridge at Remagen
Several explosions damaged part of the bridge, but the main charges failed to fire and the bridge remained standing. Within a week of crossing the Rhine over ...
Marco Polo Bridge Incident | Sino-Japanese War, 1937, Beijing
In 1931 Japan occupied Manchuria (now Northeast China) and established the puppet state of Manchukuo (Manzhouguo), spending large sums to ...
[The Bridge at Remagen], Part 1 | C-SPAN.org
HE TOLD ME TO STAY CALM. I SAID -- MAJOR, IF WE DO NOT GET ORDERS TO BLOW THE BRIDGE, I WILL DO SO. HE SAID -- GO AHEAD, HAVE THE BRIDGE BLASTED ...
The day a Bay Area bridge was blown sky-high
The Dumbarton Bridge doesn't get the glory of the Golden Gate or Bay bridges, but it has had a few days in the limelight. I was on a recent hunt ...
The Decisive Battle of the Pacific War - May 1946 Vol. 72/5/519
The already damaged Juneau was struck by a torpedo and blew up. Thus, the inferior Blue forces lost two anti-aircraft cruisers (Atlanta, Juneau) and four ...
Battle of Sullivan's Island (U.S. National Park Service)
... defeat of Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. Stymied in North ... Under Parker's battle plan, four frigates were to deliver the main ...
National Park Civil War Series: The Campaign to Appomattox
Gordon's and Mahone's soldiers safely passed across the Appomattox River at High Bridge (actually the site of two bridges—an elevated railroad trestle ...
One of the worst disasters in bay area history took place when a freighter struck the bridge on May 9, 1980, killing 35 people.
Normandy – Pegasus Bridge | War Traveller
A story that should be told to the blowing of bugles and the beating of ... major Allied defeat of the Northwest European campaign. Airbone Museum ...
The Collapse of the Quebec Bridge, 1907 | Failure Case Studies
The bridge collapsed during construction on August 29, 1907, killing eighty-six workers. Only eleven of the workers on the span were recovered alive, and some ...
Ukrainian armed forces 'blow up bridge to stop Russia's ... - YouTube
A bridge near Ivankiv in northern Ukraine was said to have been blown up by Ukrainian armed forces to stop the Russian column.
Battles That Saved America: North Point and Baltimore 1814
This article will discuss some of those important and little known aspects of the battle. ... blows against America's economy as well as its morale. They ...
'Not All The Bad Guys Were German Soldiers' And 10 Other Things ...
On the ground, the Officer Commanding and the man responsible for the security of the bridges was Major Hans Schmidt. But strictly speaking, not ...
Valor: A Place Called the Doumer Bridge
The following morning, at the suggestion of newly arrived 355th commander Col. John Giraudo, White trooped the line with a large blow-up of the downed bridge “ ...