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Tony,

Bernard Vanden Bloock has an excellent site on the Belgian Fortifications on May 10, 1940:

http://niehorster.orbat.com/021_belgium ... art_01.htm

Mr. Vanden Bloock also references the Eben-Emael offical website:

http://www.fort-eben-emael.be/

-Mike

All, more Seelöwe data, from a German source. The German plan was to cross at night, with a landing at dawn. Each Transportflotte could carry an Army Corps: Transportflotte B = A.K.XIII Transportflotte C = A.K.VII Transportflotte D = A.K.XXXVIII Transportflotte E = A.K.VIII See http://www.axishistor...

von_noobie, On the German side, their plans and strengths are available: http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1145 There are other documents I've found in German publications. The Kriegsmarine was tasked to protect a night crossing and a landing from dawn to 0900 hours with documents showing: Wes...

WayFinder, remember that you have the benefit of hindsight. Humanity is much, much, much more complicated than just playing the role of dupes in a couple of megalomaniac's plots. While you raise some interesting points, it doesn't go that smoothly, and remember that both Hitler and Stalin were only ...