Ninth U.S. Army crosses the Elbe. Engineers pf the Second Armored Division, Ninth U.S.

Ninth U.S. Army crosses the Elbe. Engineers pf the Second Armored Division, Ninth U.S. Army, work under direct enemy 88mm. gunfire on a pontoon bridge across the Elbe River near Magdeburg, Germany. April 14, 1945, the Ninth U.S. Army crossed the Elbe, the last water barrier before Berlin, and established two bridgeheads on the east bank. Magdeburg was stormed by Ninth Army forces on April 17, 1945.