Upon my arrival in Boppard, Roman ruins on the outskirts of the town centre reminded me that this now thoroughly Germanic town was in fact once inhabited by Germany’s neighbours to the south.

WIESBADEN, Germany -- On the evening of March 24, 1945, Soldiers from the 87th Infantry Division of General George S. Patton's Third U.S. Army began crossing the Rhine River at Boppard ...

WIESBADEN, Germany -- On the evening of March 24, 1945, Soldiers from the 87th Infantry Division of General George S. Patton's Third U.S. Army began crossing the Rhine River at Boppard ...