This situation caused disruptions of traffic on the line, which was important to the U.S. as a link between its occupation zone in southern Germany and a small U.S.-controlled exclave at the port of Bremerhaven on the North Sea.
The occurrence resulted in disruptions of traffic along the route, which was vital for the U.S., serving as a link between its southern German occupied territory and a U.S.-administered enclave near Bremerhaven on the North Sea.