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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 6, Rounds 2-3 answers   
   03 Dec 25 20:25:59   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > The bridge at Nijmegen was across the Waal, not the Rhina, and   
   > was successfully captured by the Allies and held for about a week.   
   > Remagen is in Germany, and the bridge there was the first one over   
   > the Rhina uccessfully captured by the Allies -- in an unplanned   
   > attack about 5 months later, when they realized the German attempt   
   > to demolish it had failed.   
   >   
      
   Rhina?   
      
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