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The fall of Eben Emael / James E. Mrazek.
- Title
- The fall of Eben Emael / James E. Mrazek.
- Author
- Mrazek, James E.
- Publication
- Novato, CA : Presidio, 1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | D756.5.M4 M7 1991 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 192 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Designed to delay a German invasion long enough for Belgium and France to mobilize their defending forces, Eben Emael was the linch-pin upon which rested the vaunted Maginot Line. The fortress fell to a seventy-seven-man force of glider-borne German paratroops in barely more than a day (twenty-eight hours). The daring aerial assault on Eben Emael is one of the most spectacularly successful special operations in history.Designed to delay a German invasion long enough for Belgium and France to mobilize their defending forces, Eben Emael was the linch-pin upon which rested the vaunted Maginot Line. The fortress fell to a seventy-seven-man force of glider-borne German paratroops in barely more than a day (twenty-eight hours). The daring aerial assault on Eben Emael is one of the most spectacularly successful special operations in history.--Page [4] of cover.
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published: Washington : Luce, 1970.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Belgium's geographic dilemma -- The impregnable fortress -- A matter of utmost urgency -- Forging the spearhead -- Sharpening the edges -- Witzig's mishap -- L'alert! -- Opening the road to Dunkirk -- Where is Witzig? -- The defenders take stock -- Counter-attach! -- The gildermen take control -- 'P' Meier's private war -- The Blitzkrieg catches up -- Surrender -- Hitler's military genius -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 0891414061 :
- LCCN
- ^^^90023210^
- OCLC
- 22733569
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library