Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Wolfenstein

Molti cretini di sinistra non sapranno sicuramente che i "films" americani
di guerra, oltre a non essere veritieri (altrimenti di soldati tedeschi ne
dovrebbero essere morti 500 milioni) vanno in realta' un passo piu' in la',
ovvero si appropriano di missioni eroiche storiche reali tedesche e, ZAC!
come per magia le trasformano in americane. Recentemente si arriva a degli
estremi curiosi come il film sugli U-Boot o anche lo stesso gioco
Wolfenstein, per chi ha giocato vi suggerisco una cosa, confrontate le mappe
della fortezza con quelle della missione Eben-Emael dove un manipolo (100+)
di paracadutisti tedeschi con alianti riusci' ad espugnare una fortezza
considerata imprendibile e con dentro 5000 uomini. Rimarrete sorpresi:
Belgian strategic objectives had to be taken to allow the advancing German
6th Army to pass un-hindered into Belgium as part of Fall Gelb (case
yellow). These objectives were three bridges over the Albert Canal at
Veldvezeldt, Vroenhoven and Kannes and the fortress of Eben Emael. This
fortress  was built in 1932 and completed in 1935 at a cost of 24 million
francs. It was a well situated, well armed and well defended strongpoint
built into the side of the Albert canal with the natural defences on one
side and an anti-tank ditch and barbed wire defences on the other. Eben
Emael was considered to be virtually untakeable due to its location. It
measured approximately 700m east to west and 900m north to south. It had a
formidable arsenal of sixteen 75mm and two 120mm artillery pieces in 4
casemates and 3 revolving turrets. The field of fire from these guns allowed
them to cover Maastricht to the north and Vise to the south as well as the 3
bridges across the Albert canal that were also to be taken.The two 120mm
guns were encased in telescopic turrets that could be withdrawn to ground
level. All the artillery positions were connected by 4.5km of corridors,
stairs and lifts and officers even  used bicycles to move around the
complex. 500 Belgian artillery troops manned the large guns with an
additional 500 men manning the immediate defences on the flat roof of the
fortress, consisting of 60mm AA guns, searchlights and heavy machine guns.
Two heavy machine gun bunkers sat atop the surface. Eben Emael also had
dummy installations to fool any attacker. The only downside to Eben Emael
was the lack of surface trenches and defences against infantry attack.
It was decided that a Parachute assault was out of the question due to the
limited space at Eben Emael and the chance of some men missing the drop
zone. It would have to be carried out in light assault gliders.
The assignment went to Hauptmann Walter Koch who was to form a Para Assault
Detachment from men of his 1st Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment and
Lieutenant Rudolf Witzig's pioneer company from the 2nd Battalion, 1st
Parachute Regiment. This detachment totalled 11 Officers and 427 men, 42 of
which were Glider pilots who were also Infantry and Engineer trained.
They immediately started intensive training at Hidelsheim, carrying out
attacks on wooden mock-ups of the fortress. The Glider pilots practised
their landings in confined LZ's and even used barbed wire wrapped around the
landing skids to slow the landing of the DFS230 gliders on touch down. Then
Gliders and men trained together on mock-ups of the fort to perfect the
assault.
They were organised into 4 assault groups, each of which had a specific
objective. They were each given a codename. Granite were to take Eben Emael
itself, Steel to take and hold the Veldvezelt bridge (Maasricht-Antwerp
road), Concrete to take and hold the Vroenhoven bridge (Maastricht-Brussels
road), Iron to take and hold the Kannes bridge (Maasricht-Liege road).
Witzig's Group Granite who were to take the Fortress until relieved by men
of the army's 51st Engineer Battalion, consisted of 2 Officers (Lt Rudolf
Witzig & Lt Egon Delica) and 83 men, 11of which were Glider pilots.
Group Granites 11 gliders and their JU-52 tows took off from two airfields
outside Cologne at 0430 on the morning of 10th May 1940, following a flare
path made up of single searchlights spaced 20km apart, with a group of 3
searchlights at Aachen on the German border to indicate the tow release
point. There they were released at 7000ft still inside German territory and
were left to glide to their target. Only 9 gliders landed atop Eben Emael,
the first carrying the men of Troop 8 landed at 0524, closely followed by
Troop 5 who landed directly on top of a machine gun nest, taking the first
Belgian prisoners of the operation. Two gliders including Witzigs which
contained the reserve troop had to abort shortly after takeoff and landed
back near Cologne, the second glider to abort landed near Duren. Witzig
managed to arrive at 0900 to re-take command after commandeering another
glider and tow. The men from the second glider managed to link up later on
after getting there on foot under heavy fire.
Unaware that their commander was not with them, the men of Group Granite
(now under the temporary command of Hauptfeldwebel Wenzel from Troop 4, as
Leutnant Delica was unaware of Witzig's absence) started to carry out their
assigned objectives aswell as those of the missing Para's. Within 10 minutes
they had successfully  knocked out 9 of the casemates and pillboxes, using
2lb, 25lb and massive 110lb hollow charges, as well as flamethrowers. The
small 2lb charges were used for destroying observation and sighting
equipment, the 25lb charges were used for spiking gun barrels and destroying
pillboxes and the 110lb hollow charges were used for smashing the thick
concrete of the casemates and embrasures. At 0542 a radio message went out
to Hauptmann Walter Koch "objective achieved, everything in order". They met
sometimes quite stiff resistance from the Belgian defenders, who had even
resorted to firing shells set with the minimum fuse settings. At one stage
Leutnant Delica called in Stukas to bomb the stubborn objectives. The stukas
did not succeed in destroying the targets but forced the gunners to keep
their heads down whilst the engineers went to work placing their charges.
One by one their objectives were destroyed and they held out until 1000 on
the morning of the 11th when they linked up with men of the 51st Engineer
Battalion. Together they started to sweep the last of the resistance from
the fort and made way for the Motorised Section of the Engineer Battalion to
get through and relieve the Para assault group. Knowing the battle was lost;
the Belgian commander Major Gerard, surrendered the Fortress at midday on
the 11th May and 1000 Belgian prisoners of war went into captivity. Group
Granite suffered 6 dead and 20 wounded during the battle. 3 of the dead were
a patrol sent into the maze of galleries within the Fortress and were
ambushed by Belgian troops, 1 of them was killed at the Kannes bridge when
the troop from the downed glider tried to cross. The Belgians suffered 23
killed and 60 wounded during the battle.
Five minutes before the gliders landed on Eben Emael, Group Concrete,
comprising of 96 men in 11 gliders commanded by Leutnant Schacht, landed
near to their objective after recieving heavy AA fire from Maasricht.
Belgian defenders were well dug in on the approaches to the Vroenhoven
bridge, but were quickly attacked and overcome. The destruction of the
bridge was prevented by a quick thinking corporal who charged the bridge
bunker and separated the ignition connectors. Within minutes the bridge was
in German hands and at 0530 a radio message was sent out,"objective taken,
bunker blown up, bridge stands".
The gliders of Group Iron, under the command of Leutnant Martin Schachter
with 90 men in 10 gliders, landed near the Kannes Bridge under a hail of
fire. This was an important objective as it gave access to Eben Eamel from
the landward side and was the route to be taken by the 51st Engineer
Battalion and 151st Infantry Regiment. They dropped straight into a ensuing
firefight between the Belgian defenders and an advance column of German
Infantry which were way ahead of their schedule, Schachter was killed in the
battle and replaced by Leutnant Joachim Meissner. The bridge was blown up by
the Belgians, which delayed Group Granite's relief. At 0540 a radio message
was sent out,"objective reached, resistance great, bridge blown up, still
passable with preps from engineers". The combined German units resisted
Belgian counter attacks all day until they  were relieved later on in the
evening of the 10th.
Group Steel landed the same time as Witzigs group at 0524 near the
Veldvezeldt Bridge under the command of Oberleutnant Gustav Altmann with 92
men in 9 gliders. They met slight AA fire on approach and resistance on the
bridge. The defenders in the surrounding trenches were quickly overcome and
the concrete bunker on the opposite side put out of action. A machine gun
bunker was built into the western pillar of the bridge, this was destroyed
with grenades along with its 15 man crew. At 0535 Altmann signalled that
"objective reached".
The struggle for the bridges on the Albert canal left many casualties. The
Belgian defenders lost 400 killed in action. Parachute Assault Detachment
Koch suffered 37 dead and 100 wounded, Group Steel lost 8 men, Group
Concrete lost 7 men and Group Iron lost 22 men.
By the afternoon of the 11th May all the objectives had been successfully
secured and the doorway to the west was open for the advancing Wehrmacht
Army Groups with only the loss of a handful of men. The first tactical use
of gliders had been a complete success. Eben Emael had become the only
successful engineer assault carried out from the air, with 54 out of 85 men
taking the fortress, out of this number, 2 troops of paras attacked dummy
installations and were not involved in the actions against the dangerous
objectives.

considerata imprendibile e con dentro 5000 uomini. Rimarrete sorpresi:
alla tua eta' ancora a giocare ai videgiochi.
Solo un incredibile idiota come te. poteva!

 Solo un incredibile idiota come te. poteva!
Aho', mai stai a rosica' pure su sto thread? Perdindirindina, sei un
rosicone mondiale.

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