The Silent Attack: The Taking of the Bridges at Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne in Belgium by German Paratroops, 10 May 1940

Author:Gonzalez, Oscar & Steinke, Thomas & Tannahill, Ian
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: HIS027100 HISTORY / HISTORY / Military / World War II
ISBN: 9781473857858
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2015-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

“Just behind the frontier is a trench across the street, seventy metres behind that a barricade of paving stones. Another seventy metres behind that another cross-trench. The earthworks removed from these trenches are used for the barricade. Only a motor-cycle with sidecar can get through. The bridge is closed at either end by a heavy barred iron gate. There is a sentry on both gates and at the foremost trench. (Double.) Behind the Canal a thick wire entanglement. At the moment it is still possible to go round the obstacles to one side. Across the water on the western edge of the Canal close to the road is a heavy bunker. Farther into the slope, level with the towpath both sides of the bridge 100 metres along is a MG-casemate which can spray along the Canal. Telephone and electric cables on masts west of the road.”7

German espionage persisted in its attempts to find out everything about the defence of the bridge. Months later the following was stated in a report dated 4 March 1940 concerning the anti-tank bunkers manned by the Frontier Cyclists8:

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.