- The
Battle of Fort Ében-
Émael was a
battle between Belgian and
German forces that took
place between 10 May and 11 May 1940, and was part of the Battle...
- Fort Eben-
Emael (French: Fort d'Ében-
Émael,
pronounced [fɔʁ debɛn emal]) is an
inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch...
- Ében-
Émael (French pronunciation: [ebɛn emal]; Walloon: Eben-Emål; Limburgish: Aemaol; Dutch: Eben-Emaal) is a
village of
Wallonia and a
district of the...
- and the
Eastern Front. The
battle also
included the
Battle of Fort Eben-
Emael, the
first strategic airborne operation using paratroopers ever attempted...
- into the
modern defensive line, anc****d on the
Albert Canal by Fort Eben-
Emael and
extending to the
south through a
planned five
additional forts, designated...
-
Cross of the Iron
Cross for his
actions during the
Battle of Fort Eben-
Emael in May 1940, had
publicly denounced the Führer's
infamous Commando Order...
-
frontier with Germany.
Battice is
nearly as
large as the more
famous Fort Eben-
Emael. Work
began in
April 1934, with some
finish work
continuing in 1940 when...
- II.
Maastricht was a key city in
order to
capture the
Belgian Fort Eben-
Emael and
split the
allied armies in half. The
German goal of the
operation was...
-
performed a
successful raid on the
largest fort in the
world at the time, Eben-
Emael,
manned by 1,200
Belgian troops. The raid was
accomplished by an ****ault...
- fort, Fort Eben-
Emael. Aubin-Neufchâteau has been
preserved and may be
visited by the public. The fort is to the
south of Eben-
Emael and
north of the...
