Emael

Battle Of Fort Eben-Emael - Aftermath
... The airborne assault on the three bridges and Fort Eben-Emael had been an overall success for the Fallschirmjäger of Sturmabteilung Koch the artillery ... in the operation, including Lieutenant Rudolf Witzig who led the assault on Fort Eben-Emael in the absence of Koch ...

Eben - Places
... Eben-Ezer, Biblical location Fort Eben-Emael, Belgian fort Battle of Fort Eben-Emael, a battle at that fort Eben-Emael, a village in the Belgian municipality of Bassenge ...

Fort Eben-Emael
... Fort Eben-Emael (French Fort d'Ében-Émael) is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border, near the Albert Canal, and designed to defend Belgium ...

Fort Eben-Emael - Description
... Fort Eben-Emael was a greatly enlarged development of the original Belgian fortifications designed by General Henri Alexis Brialmont before World War I ... Eben-Emael and Battice featured 120mm and 75mm guns, giving the fort the ability to bombard targets across a wide area of eastern Liège region ... Eben-Emael occupies a large hill just to the east of Eben-Emael village, bordering the Albert Canal ...

Battle Of Fort Eben-Emael - References in The Wehrmachtbericht
11 May 1940 (Sondermeldung) Das stärkste Fort der Festung Lüttich, Eben-Emael, das die Übergänge über die Maas und den Albert-Kanal bei und ... fort of the fortress Lüttich, Eben-Emael, which dominates the crossings of the Maas and Albert-Canal near and west of Maastrich surrendered Saturday ... Das Fort Eben-Emael, südlich Maastricht, der stärkste Eckpfeiler Lüttichs, ist, wie schon durch Sondermeldung bekanntgegeben in deutscher Hand ...