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Captured! Belgium’s Mighty Fort Eben-Emael
By Roy StevensonAt 4:25am in the predawn darkness of May 10, 1940, nine German gliders silently skidded to a stop on the hilltop of the most heavily defended fortress in Europe, disgorging 71 highly trained German Fallschirmjäger. Read more