The Maastricht Gateway, Infanterie-Bataillon zur besonderen Verwendung 100
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This episode details the Maastricht Gateway operation during the early hours of May 10th, 1940, highlighting the intense struggle for control of key bridges in the context of World War 2.
In the early hours of May 10th, 1940, while German gliders land on Fort Eben-Emael and Fallschirmjäger seize the Albert Canal bridges at Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven, and Kanne, another race begins just to the north. This episode follows the Maastricht Gateway, the critical ground operation designed to reinforce the airborne bridgeheads. Sabotage teams infiltrate the city in civilian clothing. Sonderverband Hocke advances in disguised Dutch Marechaussee uniforms. Infanterie-Bataillon zur besonderen Verwendung 100 and 4. Panzer-Division race toward the Maas crossings. Behind them, follow-on armoured formations prepare to exploit any breakthrough. What unfolds is a tense, minute-by-minute struggle for bridges, timing, and momentum. Street fighting erupts. Roadblocks are contested. Engineers prepare emergency crossings. And commanders on both sides make decisions that will shape the opening phase of Fall Gelb. This is the story of deception, speed, resistance, and the brutal reality behind a coup de main that had to succeed. #UnternehmenDanzig #Maastricht1940 #FallGelb #FortEbenEmael #AlbertCanal #WorldWar2History #SpecialForces #WW2Podcast 🔗 Stay connected with us:Website…
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