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B/ON-2226 Bunker Eben-Emael Eb 1

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{ "title": "Fort Eben-Emael", "description": "Fort Eben-Emael is a historic World War II-era fortification located near the city of Liège in Belgium. Constructed by the Belgian Army in the 1930s, it was designed to protect the crucial Albert Canal crossing and the eastern border of Belgium. The fort is most famous for its capture by German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) on 10 May 1940, in a daring and innovative airborne assault that demonstrated the effectiveness of vertical envelopment and shaped future military tactics.\n\n Architecturally, the fort was a state-of-the-art bunker complex for its time, built

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