Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
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The Battle of Fort Eben-Emael was a pivotal early World War II engagement in May 1940 in which German airborne troops used innovative glider-borne assaults and shaped charges to neutralize a key Belgian fortress, enabling the rapid German advance into Western Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Eben-Emael | 1 |
| Battle of Fort Eben-Emael canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Battle of Fort Eben-Emael Context triple: [Case Yellow, notableEvent, Battle of Fort Eben-Emael]
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Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele was a brutal and muddy First World War offensive in 1917 near Ypres, Belgium, notorious for its massive casualties and minimal territorial gains.
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Battle of Roi-Namur
The Battle of Roi-Namur was a World War II Pacific campaign engagement in early 1944 in which U.S. forces seized key Japanese-held islets in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
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C.
Battle of Aachen
The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Allied forces captured the German city of Aachen, marking the first major German city to fall to the Western Allies and breaching Germany’s western defenses.
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D.
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge was a major World War I offensive in October 1918 in Champagne, France, where American and French forces, including U.S. Marines, broke key German defensive positions and helped pave the way for the war’s end.
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Battle of the Reichswald
The Battle of the Reichswald was a major World War II Allied offensive in early 1945 to clear German forces from the Reichswald Forest and open the way into the Rhineland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Fort Eben-Emael Target entity description: The Battle of Fort Eben-Emael was a pivotal early World War II engagement in May 1940 in which German airborne troops used innovative glider-borne assaults and shaped charges to neutralize a key Belgian fortress, enabling the rapid German advance into Western Europe.
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A.
Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele was a brutal and muddy First World War offensive in 1917 near Ypres, Belgium, notorious for its massive casualties and minimal territorial gains.
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B.
Battle of Roi-Namur
The Battle of Roi-Namur was a World War II Pacific campaign engagement in early 1944 in which U.S. forces seized key Japanese-held islets in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
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C.
Battle of Aachen
The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Allied forces captured the German city of Aachen, marking the first major German city to fall to the Western Allies and breaching Germany’s western defenses.
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D.
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge was a major World War I offensive in October 1918 in Champagne, France, where American and French forces, including U.S. Marines, broke key German defensive positions and helped pave the way for the war’s end.
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E.
Battle of the Reichswald
The Battle of the Reichswald was a major World War II Allied offensive in early 1945 to clear German forces from the Reichswald Forest and open the way into the Rhineland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
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battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Belgium
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| combatant |
Belgian Land Component
ⓘ
surface form:
Belgian Army
Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form:
German Wehrmacht
|
| commander | Walter Koch ⓘ |
| conflictIn | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| date | 1940-05-10 ⓘ |
| defensiveStructure | Fort Eben-Emael ⓘ |
| endDate | 1940-05-11 ⓘ |
| followedBy | further German advances in Belgium ⓘ |
| front | Western Front ⓘ |
| garrisonSurrenderedTo | German forces ⓘ |
| GermanCommander | Walter Koch ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
demonstrated effectiveness of airborne forces against fixed fortifications
ⓘ
undermined confidence in static defensive lines in Western Europe ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Belgian fortress garrison
ⓘ
Fallschirmjäger division ⓘ
surface form:
German Fallschirmjäger
German airborne troops ⓘ German glider-borne assault teams ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Albert Canal
ⓘ
Liège ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first large-scale airborne assault on a fortress
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innovative use of gliders in combat ⓘ use of hollow-charge explosives against fortifications ⓘ |
| operationName |
Fall Gelb (original variant)
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surface form:
Fall Gelb
|
| outcome | capture of Fort Eben-Emael by Germany ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of France
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surface form:
Battle of Belgium
Invasion of the Low Countries ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Belgium
Western Front ⓘ
surface form:
Western Front of World War II
|
| place | Fort Eben-Emael ⓘ |
| precededBy | German planning for Fall Gelb ⓘ |
| result | German victory ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
contributed to German advance into Western Europe
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enabled rapid German advance into Belgium ⓘ facilitated German crossing of the Albert Canal ⓘ neutralization of key Belgian fortress ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| timeToNeutralizeMainGuns | within first day of attack ⓘ |
| usedTactic |
airborne assault
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glider-borne assault ⓘ surprise attack ⓘ |
| usedVehicle | military glider ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
explosive charges
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shaped charges ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Fort Eben-Emael Description of subject: The Battle of Fort Eben-Emael was a pivotal early World War II engagement in May 1940 in which German airborne troops used innovative glider-borne assaults and shaped charges to neutralize a key Belgian fortress, enabling the rapid German advance into Western Europe.
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