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1) The Silent Attack: The Fallschirmjäger Capture of the Bridges of Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven & Hanne 1940
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An enthralling account of how German Special Forces fought to take and hold the key river crossings to allow the main German Army to swarm into France." -- Firetrench Much has been written about the capture of Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium by German paratroopers, on May 10, 1940. This operation marked the first use of gliders and shaped charges -- and proved it possible to drop paratroopers behind enemy lines. Training, secrecy, accuracy and speed linked...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Wearing the remnants of a WWI uniform and pulling a water-cooled 30-caliber machine-gun, Spencer Wurst marched through his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1940 as a member of the National Guard. He was 15 years old. Five years later he was a hardened platoon sergeant leading his troopers through the frozen killing fields of "Death Valley" in Germany's Heurtgen Forest. A squad leader in Company F, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne, for...
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