Episode One: The Fallen Fort - Hitler's Invasion of the West
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2019
- In this First Episode of our new series Hitler’s Invasion of the West, ‘The Fallen Fort’ sees the team journeying from the UK and heading deep into Belgium to Fort Eben Emael. We start our day by taking a look at the Victoria Cross Action of 2nd Lt. Richard 'Dick' Annand of the Durham Light Infantry, before heading to our day’s main location towards Maastricht and Liege. Visiting the Fortress of Eben Emael, we discover all about the audacious German glider-borne assault which kick-started Hitler's assault into Western Europe on Friday 10th May 1940.
Teaming up with the various Tourism Boards and the EuroTunnel, the WW2 Nation Team hit the road again last October as we set out to explore some of the historical sites connected with Hitler’s Blitzkrieg campaign in the West during the Summer of 1940. In line with the anniversary of the offensive we will be releasing new episodes fortnightly over the course of this summer.
Special thanks to Infinite Pixel, The Map Archive, After The Battle, Pen & Sword, Fort Eben-Emael, the Tourism Boards, the EuroTunnel and many others for their kind help with this Series.
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We all have a great passion for WW2 history and are determined to learn as much as we can about this time in history and share our experiences with you, the WW2 Community. We are on a journey of discovery and exploring this period of history from all sides. Those with sympathetic views towards the Nazi regime or hold any type of extreme views are not welcome here on WW2 Nation.
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Music:
Military Mission (New Age Soundtracks)
Acoustic Folk Instrumental - Hyde Free Instrumentals
Joachim Heinrich - Agape
Audiojungle - Epic War Percussion
War - GoSoundtrack
Images:
Via skyscrapercity.com The Telegraph @ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...
Via Daily Mail © SWNS.com
Fort Eben Emael
After The Battle
Pen & Sword
The Map Archive
Dick Annand, now that's a real hero. He has the same smile at 90 as he did at 20. Glad I found your channel boys. Greetings from Oxford, Connecticut U.S.A.!!!!!
Thank you for these important historical artifacts & for ensuring these voices are heard! 🍁💛💚💙💜💗
Thank you for making this video. And keeping their stories alive.
i like the tour guides send off at the end there.. awesome vlog! thank you!
Thanks so much, bringing history alive ....... not just locations as before, well done gents.
We visited the fort today, well worth going to. Thanks for this video, it really adds to the experience including one or two parts we didn't see inside due to restrictions.
Very professional. I'm impressed.
Great to have you back! Thanks for the great video tour of Eben Emael.
Tino struckmann does a great episode on his ww2 YT Channel. Amazing boys you did a great service to humanity showing this .
Great. I've subscribed and am about to check out Episode Two!
Brilliant video and superb channel. Thank you for your efforts in making it.
I just stumbled upon this awesome channel. Thanks guys for the detail to history.
Brilliant video very well done. Thanks
Thank you very much for this very interesting video, so close to the border near Maastricht where we live. We visited the fort very many times with our (grand) - children.
gody bekker thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed this video
as always, great content. thanks!
Great video guys, I always wondered whether the place still existed, so I think we are all delighted to see it appears to be extremely well run, and will definitely be on my places to visit next time I find myself in the area. Best R
Incredible place, thank you for making this
Awesome. Looking forward to the next one!
10/10 as ever guys.
Thank you
Thank you for this video giving the insight of things took place during WWII
Loved this! Thanks so much :-) Looking forward to the next episode!
Great video Looking forward to the next one! Cheers.
Brilliant work chaps....super video.
Such an informative video, thank you guys
great video I sure enjoy it.
Just remarkable, many thanks...
Almost made it there last year on a trip to the Market Garden battlefields..will make it this year for sure after this excellent video! Well done lads
neil fetherston thanks. Hope you get there soon and have a great trip
Nice one lads!
"CHISELED OUT OF LIMESTONE", easiest stuff on earth to cut, but...they had used Gelignite for 50 years by then, limestone can be sawn with a steel blade, by hand or wire cable, then shifted by blast fracture, then removed, in slabs, BIG slabs, go west to the Rhine, it's all toughest grindstone...try hitting THAT with a chisel.
Very interesting thank you
Great video
Great job!
Thanks
Hey where's the other guy?
Great!
This story should be a movie. There are lots of stories on the German WW1 and WW2 I believe. Why don't they make movies out of it?
The attackers used hollow charges that were new at the time, and Belgium was neutral when the fort was attacked. All this would have made no difference if the Ministry of War had followed the concept of the forts. They relearned in WWI you needed interval troops equipped with artillery to bombard a fort when people are on the roof. Unfortunately, Belgium didn’t fund the interval troops and the rest is history.
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Wow
Rather naive of the Belgians to be expecting a declaration of war after Poland and Norway.
The man was far too soft on Anglo-Saxons.
Explain please.