German success against the Nijmegen and Remagen bridges.

[tcolvin]

Can anyone please throw light on the equipment and tactics used by the GAF when attempting to destroy the Nijmegen road and rail bridges and the Remagen rail bridge.

This follows from a discussion in the Allied section about USAAF and RAF failure against the Wesel road and rail bridges in Feb/March 1945.

Ellis states that the GAF made a sharp attack after dark on September 26 and followed this with some further 200 aircraft primarily directed against the Nijmegen bridges next day. 2 TAF defended the bridges and claimed 46 planes shot down. The GAF failed to hit the bridge, but what tactics and equipment did they use in the attempt?
The rail bridge and 80 feet of roadway from the road bridge was brought down on September 28 using frogmen.
I would be particularly interested to know whether the GAF used dive bombers against these bridges.

The Remagen rail bridge was attacked on March 15 by 21 GAF bombers, including Arado 234, but apparently without success. Again, does anyone know how these were used, and in particular, was dive bombing attempted?
Efforts by frogmen failed because that technique lacked surprise after Nijmegen.
The bridge collapsed on March 17 after being attacked by 11 V-2 rockets. Hitler claimed the rockets brought down the bridge, but I believe the Americans dispute this.

Tony