num_pages: 248
description: A full-length biography of Lt. Karl H. Timmermann, the first officer to cross the famed Ludendorff Bridge at the German town of Remagen. According to Hechler, "Timmermanns' leadership on March 7,1945, saved 5,000 American lives and shortened the war in the European Theater of Operations."
language: English
title: Hero of the Rhine: The Karl Timmermann Story
titlecomplete: Hero of the Rhine: The Karl Timmermann Story
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.