The Attack on Fort Eben Emael
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BATTLEs - THE ATTACK ON FORT EBEN-EMAEL
UK Dvd (2007)

Running Time: 1 hr 16
Certificate: Exempt
Number of Discs: 1

Production Year: 1991
Subtitles: No
Region: 0

Philip Elsmore
Wolf D Mauder, Sigrid Sessner

Ten minutes before the beginning of the western campaign on the 10th of May 1940, a hand-picked division of para-troopers was already in the air, waiting to carry out a special task of strategic importance: a lightning attack to take the important bridges over the Albert canal to the west of Maastricht and to put the heavy artillery of Fort Eben-Emael out of action.

The deployment of a new type of attack, which had been kept strictly under wraps, took the Belgians completely by suprise. In the grey light of dawn the paratroopers landed silently by transport glider close to the bridges and on top of the fort.

The film depicts the precise planning and preparation of this operation as well as the exact progress of the battles.

After intensive research, and using documentary shots and the description of the battles by contemporaries on both sides, an impressive film documentary has emerged.

CONDITION: used - very good.