Fort Eben Emael: The key to Hitler’s victory in the West पीडीएफ

एक प्रसिद्ध लेखक, फिल्म निर्माता और फोटोग्राफर, साइमन डंस्टन ने सैन्य इतिहास पर विशेष रूप से द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध और वियतनाम पर 50 से अधिक पुस्तकें लिखी हैं। उन्होंने हिस्ट्री चैनल के लिए कई सैन्य इतिहास वृत्तचित्रों का लेखन और निर्देशन भी किया है।

Fort Eben Emael: The key to Hitler’s victory in the West पीडीएफ साइमन डंस्टन

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.