Hello again Adrie 29 Apr. you wrote: > Eben Emael (Flemish spelling) ... etc.
Thanks a lot Adrie, I read it all with great interest. Whether the Belgians especially suffer from illusions I doubt, all nations wants to be the best and bravest (the Germans harbored the illusion of losing WW1 because they were "stabbed in the back") I just find that particular event fascinating, not because the fortress was overrun, had it withstood it would have been just as monumental. What's most fascinating is that Europe - once the ground of so many conflicts - has found peace. I believe through the EU, but maybe some still greater historical context is behind it. > Eben-Emael, they rolled over it in a few hours, but for the Belgian > people, the symbolic value of the fortress was enormous. Understandably. I just wondered why that fortress was so crucial, but I guess the border between Holland-Belgium-Germany and Luxembourg was fortified too, and more difficult for motorized attack. > I have a very big intrest in WW2, WW1,Spanisch obduction, > Dutch-Spanisch war, but there's little to say about Eben-Emael. Sorry > for you. Me too, I buy too many history magazines and documentary films. > If you are interested, I have a real story about the town "Rieme". You > can view it on Google Earth, about 1 km from Zelzate. Yes, very interested, send it to me, you have my E-address > This was for the second part of your post, I will not comment on the > first part in the public domain of the list. If you want a reply on > that part, it wil be an omitted one , by mail and not relayed in the > list. You have to approve this way before I do this. I am very strict > in this. This intrigued me a bit, not sure if I understand, but send it along. Yours. Bodvar Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
