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	Eben Emael
		The entrance on the southern side of the fortress of Eben Emael in March 2006, a rosty Belgian tank standing in front of it.
		As I was preparing this article I discovered a bunker of the Eben Emael complex in the right upper corner of the picture in between the trees.
		And the fort at Eben Emael had to be conquered by group Granite, existing of 2 officers and 85 troops.
	www.powerglidertaifun.de /ebenemael/ee.htm (2975 words)

	Eben Emael: European Battlefields 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Eben Emael boasted two 120mm guns, 16 75mm guns and a garrison of 1,200 men.
		Eben Emael is open to the public one weekend a month.
		Wayne relaxes on a turret with 120mm guns atop Eben Emael.
	home.att.net /~w.holdsworth/e3eben.htm (265 words)

	Glider assault on Eben Emael as an archetype for the future. - Encyclopedia.com
		Second, to destroy with explosives the artillery and works of Fort Eben Emael and, third, to hold his positions at the bridges and the fort until the arrival of German ground forces who were to relieve Koch's units," according to Mrazek.
		Within 20 minutes of landing, all of the critical offensive weapons of Fort Eben Emael were rendered inoperable; however, this did not mean that there was no longer a threat from the fort or from outside Belgian reinforcements.
		Not only was the assault on Eben Emael the debut of the combat glider, but it also set a precedent for all glider operations conducted in World War II and in the decades that followed.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-118986347.html (5484 words)

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	Janssen Militaria fortress Eben Emael 1940 research
		Part of the operation was a ground assault on Eben Emael with army pioneers.
		One of the most excellent actions during the opening offensives at the western front is the capture of the Belgian fortress complex Eben Emael, in the south of Maastricht, one of the strongest bunker complexes in the world, by the combined attack of airborne troops and army units.
		At 12.15hr the fortress Eben Emael stops firing, and at 12.30hr the member of the Belgian parliament appears with a white flag.
	www.janssen-militaria.com /ebenemael.html (1737 words)

	Eben Emael
		The diagram above is from the Osprey book "Fort Eben Emael" and shows the landing positions of the gliders on top of the fort.
		The Eben Emael Commander's glider was one whose tow line parted and he had to land back in Germany and try again.
		He landed at Eben Emael at 8.30 am just as his group's energy and morale were flagging because of the failure to take the Canne bridge, he rallied them sufficiently for them to hold their position until they were relieved at 07.00 on the 11th May.
	home.freeuk.com /johndillon/eben_emael.htm (888 words)

	Funny DVD: Fort Eben Emael: The Key to Hitler's Victory in the West (Fortress) - $13.22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At the outbreak of World War II, Fort Eben Emael in Belgium wаs the strongest fortress in the world, and it lay ехасtlу across the German invasion route of Belgium and France.
		On pages 42 and 43, Jоhnsоn's artwork shows hоw the Luftwaffe circumvented the Belgian wartime flout (an air rаid precaution) to land the glider troops under cover of darkness, and Dunstan's tехt explains the coordination so that maximum surprise was achieved by the glider assault аnd the necessary follow-up actions by the grоund forces.
		Eben Emael's соmmuniсаtiоns failed on May 10, 1940, and so the German Luftwаffе glider troops seemed to have had a cakewalk--but Dunstan's text shоws that wasn't the case.
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		A fortaleza belga Eben Emael, construída entre 1932 e 1935, situa-se a cerca de 24 quilómetros de Liege e a cerca de quatro quilómetros de Maastricht.
		Na actualidade existem campos de cultivo onde anos antes as tropas alemãs colocaram os seus explosivos para conquistar a mítica fortaleza belga de Eben Emael.
		Eben Emael, " A fortaleza", caiu nas mãos da unidade de Sturmabteilung Koch, seu Capitão, que após violentas investidas com apoio aéreo conseguir vencer a 7ª Divisão Belga.
	i.1asphost.com /BartS/eben.htm (1533 words)

	Kurt Student Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Eben Emael guarded three major bridges, each in turn guarded by a Belgian defense unit.
		Eben Emael was built on a hill that was almost impossible to capture from the ground.
		At 5:30 in the morning, 39 gliders landed on Eben Emael.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/kurt-student (1755 words)

	Amazon.com: "Eben Emael": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Among the new generation of forts was Fort Eben Emael, which was built on the recommendation of General A.G. Galet of the special commission.
		Coup de Main at Eben Emael The take-off signal flashed in the darkness and the sound of aero-engines rose to a roar as the first three...
		Above: Hitler poses with some of the newly decorated heroes of Eben Emael, including Leutnant Witzig (second from the left)...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Eben-Emael (431 words)

	Osprey - A New Method of Attack: The 1940 German assault on Eben Emael
		Blocking their way was the Belgian fort of Eben Emael, accepted as one of the most powerful single fortifications in Europe with a garrison of 1,200 men.
		In March 1991, I was taking a party of soldiers in a guided tour over the Belgian fort of Eben Emael, with the help of the Belgian 'Friends of Eben Emael' (FEE) an association of veterans and local historians.
		In 1939 the German Army Group B was given the task of planning the breakthrough of the Belgian defences between Venlo and Aachen in a lightning operation, and destroying the Belgian forces before they could occupy the defensive line constructed across the centre of Belgium.
	www.ospreypublishing.com /fetchContentPage.php/cid=277 (4328 words)

	Airborne Operations of Sturmabteilung Koch 10
		The glider of Trupp 11 is recovered by a Ju-52 from Gütersloh and reached Eben Emael at 08:30 during a combat break.
		Truppführer of Trupp 2 gets in contact with UO H. at the northern part of Eben Emael but cannot cross the trench because of enemy fire from bunker 4.
		Sturmgruppe Eben Emael leaves the fortress at 16:00.
	chrito.users1.50megs.com /articles/ebenemael.htm (3143 words)

	Cinema Crawler :: Fort Eben Emael: The Key to Hitler's Victory in the West (Fortress)
		The first pages of Fort Eban Emael lay this out quite well, placing the concrete-lined hole-in-the-ground in context of the political and economic climate in Belgium.
		On pages 42 and 43, Johnson's artwork shows how the Luftwaffe circumvented the Belgian wartime flout (an air raid precaution) to land the glider troops under cover of darkness, and Dunstan's text explains the coordination so that maximum surprise was achieved by the glider assault and the necessary follow-up actions by the ground forces.
		Eben Emael's communications failed on May 10, 1940, and so the German Luftwaffe glider troops seemed to have had a cakewalk--but Dunstan's text shows that wasn't the case.
	www.cinemacrawler.com /?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=1841768219 (1106 words)

	ttgapers store - USA - Fort Eben Emael: The Key to Hitler's Victory in the West (Fortress) - Simon Dunstan - Product ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
		On pages 42 and 43, Johnson's artwork shows how the Luftwaffe circumvented the Belgian wartime flout (an air raid precaution) to land the glider troops under cover of darkness, and Dunstan's text explains the coordination so that maximum surprise was achieved by the glider assault and the necessary follow-up actions by the ground forces.
		Eben Emael's communications failed on May 10, 1940, and so the German Luftwaffe glider troops seemed to have had a cakewalk--but Dunstan's text shows that wasn't the case.
	www.ttgapers.com /module-ttStore-product-asin-1841768219-locale-us.html (1146 words)

	eben - Zoekresultaten - MSN Encarta Winkler Prins Encyclopedie
		eben - Zoekresultaten - MSN Encarta Winkler Prins Encyclopedie
		Eben-Haezer (Hebreeuws, = steen van hulp), ook Eben ha-Ezer of Even ha-Ezer, de naam van een monument dat Samuël oprichtte tussen Mispa en Sen na...
		De ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de artillerie in de 19de eeuw, in het bijzonder de steeds groter wordende dracht van het geschut, maakten het...
	nl.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=eben (91 words)

	The WWII Nazi DFS-230 Invasion Glider
		Eben Emael garrisoned 800 men; was encircled by a moat; and had tank barricades, expanses of barded wire, machine gun nests, minefields and heavy artillery.
		Twenty minutes after landing on top of Eben Emael, the Germans had sealed the garrison inside the fort at a cost to them of six dead and 20 wounded.
		The German armies arrived at Eben Emael the next morning, and by that afternoon the fort had been surrendered.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/DFS-230-glider/info/info.htm (7516 words)

	Pit-Coal Engineers - Fort Eben Emael
		Fort Eben-Emael is het meest noordelijke fort van de vier forten die de Position Fortifiée Liege I vormden, en is tevens het grootste fort van de vier.
		Fort Eben Emael beslaat in totaal 75 ha.
		Deze stormafdeling had de opgave midden in het Fort Eben Emael te landen en de bemanning van het fort buiten gevecht te stellen, terwijl de andere luchtlandingstroepen ondertussen de drie kanaalbruggen in handen moesten zien te krijgen.
	members.home.nl /pitcoal-engineers/historie/ebenemael.htm (565 words)

	Osprey - A New Method of Attack: The 1940 German assault on Eben Emael
		At one point during the tour on the outside of the fort, the party was grouped around one of the steel cupolas that formed the basis of the fort's armament.
		The whole operational concept hinged on the destruction of Fort Eben Emael and the capture of the Albert Canal bridges, at the very beginning of the campaign.
		Dunstan, Simon, Fortress 30: Fort Eben Emael: The key to Hitler's victory in the West (Osprey, 2005)
	www.ospreypublishing.com /content2.php/cid=277 (4328 words)

	Gliderborne Assault on D-Day - GLIDERS
		Charged with defending or destroying three key bridges, the diamond shaped Fort Eben Emael was
		With its steel and concrete cupolas Fort Eben Emael was thought to be impenetrable.
		The capture of Eben Emael involved the first utilization of gliders to lead an attack and also the first use of hollow charge bombs in war.
	free.prohosting.com /mawey/gliderborne_gliders.htm (940 words)

	Osprey Fortress 30 : Fort Eben Emael : The Key to Hitler's Victory in the West
		Osprey Fortress 30 : Fort Eben Emael : The Key to Hitler's Victory in the West
		The defences of Belgium that had proved easy prey to the German siege artillery of World War I were augmented in the postwar years by a massive fortress, constructed between 1932 and 1935, along the western bank of the Albert Canal, Fort Eben Emael.
		The fortress was considered to be the strongest in the world on completion, yet its conquest took less than 48 hours to complete after a glorious coup de main by German gliderborne assault troops.
	www.militaryfocus.com /osprey/fortress/30.htm (168 words)

	Exordio - Segunda Guerra Mundial - Eben Emael
		Uno de los puntos vitales era capturar el Fuerte Eben Emael en Luxemburgo, fortificación en la frontera entre Bélgica y Alemania, obra promovida y supervisada por el propio Rey Leopoldo.
		La primera era la ocupación de Gantes en el este de Flandes por fuerzas aerotransportadas y la conquista del Fuerte Eben Emael y los puentes sobre el Canal Alberto por donde cruzarían las divisiones Panzer.
		Los 600 hombres que no hacen guardia se encuentran fuera de la fortaleza, en el pueblo de Eben Emael.
	www.exordio.com /1939-1945/militaris/batallas/ebenemael.html (1275 words)

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