Remember World War 2 » mpeg2video http://www.remember-worldwar2.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:56:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 (1/5) Dangerous Missions – Eben Emael – World War II http://www.remember-worldwar2.com/world-war-2-weapons/15-dangerous-missions-eben-emael-world-war-ii.html http://www.remember-worldwar2.com/world-war-2-weapons/15-dangerous-missions-eben-emael-world-war-ii.html#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:14 +0000 Randy
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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 forts elimination was essential for the success of Hitlers 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 …

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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 forts elimination was essential for the success of Hitlers 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 …

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