How the Germans Captured the World’s Largest Fort in World War II- Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
Fort Eben-Emael was a Belgium stronghold, but Germany captured it in an interesting manner.
It was the start of the most aggressive war ever seen by humankind. Germany started its offensive on a neutral neighbor -Belgium, which faced a similar situation in World War I.
The Belgian government had fortified its defenses to stop any such offensive from Germany. In theory, Belgium’s forts were almost impregnable, and the German Army can never capture them from the ground.
But what about an attack from the sky? Could troops capture a fortress by falling from the sky?
The German Offensive:
After World War I the German economy was in shambles. The Treaty of Versailles put restrictions on the German armament program.
Wall Street pumped vast sums of money into the German economy, but the Great Depression ended the American loans. The German economic and political situation was ripe for a revolution.
The National Socialist German Workers Party, or Nazi Party, took over the government and started with the promise to make “Germany great again.” The Nazis party began to…
