In the early morning of 10 May 1940, the sky literally fell on the
heads of the defenders of Fort Eben-Emael, considered to be
Belgium's most powerful fortress. This huge structure, with its
powerful artillery and infantry weapons, was the key to the Meuse
and Albert Canal defences. In the darkness of the pre-dawn, German
DFS 230 gliders drifted silently over the southern Netherlands,
landing one by one on top of Eben-Emael. Within minutes German
Special Forces troops destroyed most of the fort's weapons and
observation capabilities. The following day, the garrison
surrendered, and the door to Belgium and France was open. But, as
Clayton Donnell relates in this perceptive and meticulously
researched study, Eben-Emael was only one of the nineteen forts of
the fortified positions of Li ge and Namur attacked in May 1940\.
Three new and sixteen refurbished forts held out for several days,
and fought to the death. The story he tells contradicts the common
assumption that these static defences were rolled over or bypassed
powerless to resist the overwhelming force of the German combat
engineer's assaults, Stuka bombs and heavy artillery shells. In
vivid detail he demonstrates that their importance in the 1940
campaign has been seriously under reported, and he gives clarity to
some of the legends that have grown up around the capture of
Eben-Emael itself.
General
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2021 |
| Authors: |
Clayton Donnell
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5267-7982-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-5267-7982-X |
| Barcode: |
9781526779823 |
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