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Fort Eben Emael - The key to Hitler's victory in the West (Paperback)
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Fort Eben Emael - The key to Hitler's victory in the West (Paperback)
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At the outbreak of World War II, Fort Eben Emael in Belgium was the
strongest fortress in the world, and it lay exactly across the
German invasion route of Belgium and France. The fort's elimination
was essential for the success of Hitler's invasion of the West.
Deemed impregnable to conventional attack, Hitler himself suggested
the means for its capture with the first glider-borne assault in
military history. On 10 May 1940, ten gliders carrying just 77
paratroopers landed on top of the fort. Using top-secret
hollow-charge weapons for the first time in warfare, the assault
pioneers of Sturmgruppe Granit subdued Fort Eben Emael within just
30 minutes, and the fortress surrendered within 30 hours. It
remains one of the greatest raids in the annals of Special Forces.
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