 Editor in Chief Bill   | 15 Nov 2021 9:32 p.m. PST |
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fredavner  | 15 Nov 2021 9:43 p.m. PST |
The one that's too far…,. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 15 Nov 2021 11:08 p.m. PST |
Arnhem Bridge
Pegasus Bridge
London Bridge
etc. |
| Grelber | 15 Nov 2021 11:10 p.m. PST |
Bridges by their very nature are important strategically, creating narrow choke points . Still, it helps to have good press, and it is tough to beat Macaulay's account of the defense of the Pons Sublicius by Horatius and two other Romans in 509 B.C.: "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may!
I, with two more to help me, will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path, a thousand may well be stopped by three:
Now, who will stand on either hand and keep the bridge with me?' Grelber |
| Martin Rapier | 16 Nov 2021 12:51 a.m. PST |
Stamford Bridge! I've crossed it many times, although I suspect it isn't the original one from 1066:) |
| Dave Jackson | 16 Nov 2021 3:43 a.m. PST |
Well…let's see:
The Milvian Bridge
The bridges at Lodi & Arcola
The Berezina
Burnside's bridge at Antietam
The bridge at Remagan
The old north bridge at Concord
Stirling bridge |
| Oddball | 16 Nov 2021 4:39 a.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 16 Nov 2021 7:52 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 16 Nov 2021 8:37 a.m. PST |
There are lots but I agree with Grelber, hard to beat Macaulay's poem "Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods" |
| oldjarhead | 16 Nov 2021 8:59 a.m. PST |
AS an ex-pat Scotsman, "Stirlin brig" |
| machinehead | 16 Nov 2021 9:05 a.m. PST |
Ludendorff Bridge, my dad's division (99th ID) crossed it 4 days after it was captured. |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 16 Nov 2021 9:53 a.m. PST |
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| epturner | 16 Nov 2021 11:42 a.m. PST |
The Pontoon Bridge that Burnside ordered and didn't get there in time… Eric |
 ColCampbell | 16 Nov 2021 1:43 p.m. PST |
All of the above are good choices. But I have to go with the bridge at Concord.
"By the rude bridge that crossed the flood
their flag to April's breeze unfurled;
here once the embattled farmers stood,
and fired the shot heard round the world." Jim |
| tigrifsgt | 16 Nov 2021 2:30 p.m. PST |
The Stone Bridge, 1st Manassas |
| Martian Root Canal | 16 Nov 2021 2:53 p.m. PST |
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 Old Contemptible | 16 Nov 2021 9:19 p.m. PST |
Burnside's Bridge, 1862
Old North Bridge (Concord), 1775
Stamford Bridge, 1066
No Gun Ri, 1950
Majon-ni and Samdong-ni, (The Bridges at Toko Ri), 1951-1952
Burma-Siam Railway Bridges, 1943-1945
Calderon Bridge, 1811
Stirling Bridge, 1297
Ludendorff Bridge, 1945
Arcole Bridge, 1796
Nijmegen Bridge, 1944
Arnhem Bridge, 1944
Eindhoven Bridge, 1944
Studienka Bridge, 1812
Pegasus Bridge, 1944
Dragon's Jaw Bridge, 1965-1972 |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 17 Nov 2021 4:36 a.m. PST |
Tiber Bridge, Pons Sublicius 508 BC |
| robert piepenbrink | 17 Nov 2021 12:27 p.m. PST |
"Favorite" is a high bar. But Primosole--Montgomery's FIRST "bridge too far" in Sicily 1943--looks like a nice one for a tabletop. |
| Escapee | 17 Nov 2021 1:23 p.m. PST |
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| JimSelzer | 18 Nov 2021 12:27 a.m. PST |
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