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(3/5) Dangerous Missions - Eben Emael - World War II

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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. 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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@diztemper 11 лет назад

You should be more impressed by the fact that we so comprehensively defeated three countries that were allied, dedicated to our destruction and used every tool at their disposal to inflict damage upon us. The battles fought around the globe. The planning and fighting that is required to remove three whole major countries from waging total war against you requires a level of expertise that you ought to acknowledge.

@Renegen1 15 лет назад

damn, what precise execution by the Germans.

@bobsagget823 4 года назад

dropped 2 gliders before it even began "precise"

@stevebrownrocks6376 7 лет назад

I've always wondered why the Germans didn't just bypass this fort.

@petrameyer1121 7 лет назад

Thy could not because as stated the fort protected the bridges over the Albert Canal.

@heybrandon88 4 года назад

I'm curious if some of the Belgian problems might have been due to clever sabotage by German agents.

@diztemper 11 лет назад

Incorrect assumptions. Germany had a much larger population and industrial potential. Using that to overwhelm one country at at time ensured access to that countries resources to increase Germany's military potential. Most countries surrender when the war is clearly lost, Germany's war was lost in 1942 but kept on fighting to the end regardless to the cost. A stupid strategy to start a war that can only end in one outcome.

@Sun0fABeach 12 лет назад

His statement didn't imply anything about DNA. That's what you read into it. Germans being excessive planners is undoubtly a cultural thing. And I guess that's what he meant, too.

@diztemper 11 лет назад

They are not master planners - they were good at some operations but not all. The side that wins the war is the one that makes the least mistakes. Germany lost the war as it made the most mistakes. They made great weapons and had brilliant generals/planners. The allies did too. They simply made less mistakes and brought more military technology to bear. To start a war with France, Britain, Russia and the US was the worst mistake, how's that for poor planning?

@bobsagget823 4 года назад

moron