1 Ice-Cold River Crossing Saved an Entire Battalion | Military History Talks

Описание: Germany, 1945. Allied troops reached a fast-moving river with every bridge destroyed. Enemy machine guns covered the only crossing. One combat engineer tied a rope around his waist and stepped into the freezing water. Battling the powerful current, he reached the opposite bank and secured the line to a tree. Minutes later, soldiers used the rope to cross safely while engineers built a temporary bridge behind them. The unexpected crossing outflanked German defenders and opened the road forward. One freezing swim became the turning point of the entire operation.