Rich's Dell Combat
Combat 25
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Combat 25 Universal
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Grade:
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7.5
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Certification #:
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4296062004
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Owner:
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richard8158
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
VF- 7.5
The Ludendorff bridge was one of last bridges left standing that crossed the Rhine into Germany. The Allied forces were surprised to find it intact when they arrived on March 7 1945. The Germans had previously wired the bridge for destruction and when they set off their charges, the bridge was only damaged. The Americans moved quickly to capture it and establish a bridgehead on the opposite side. The Germans attacked the bridge repeatedly to keep the Allies from crossing. By the time the bridge finally collapsed on March 17, the US had already moved six divisions with armor across as well as having built a steel treadway bridge and a heavy duty pontoon bridge. In the ten days that the bridge was captured, the Germans used airplanes, mortars, howitzers, frogmen, floating mines and even V2 rockets trying to bring the bridge down. Nearly 1000 Allied soldiers died during the battle along with an unknown number of German combatants. The bridge has never been rebuilt.
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