I think it's time for a new Funny historical moments thread.

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>>2553411

> 3:25 AM
> The gunsmith at last repaired the howitzers
> Our soldiers are finally coming
> But the Germans are 50 minutes away
We- we are ready
> The whole fortress is waiting for the panzers
Where are those damn Germans ?
> It's 4:25 AM now
> Suddenly, loud explosions are heard
> Reports are extremely confused
> It seems that 9 motherfucking gliders have landed on top of the fortress
> Anti-air did not fire
> Because gliders were silent and anti-aircraft machine guns were not told to open fire.
Mazette.tiff
> 69 motherfucking german soldiers, boosted with amphetamines, are destroying the turrets, cupolas and pillboxes one by one with hollow charges
> Everyone is terrified and fleeing
> 10 minutes later, all of the heavy defense is down
> The motherfucking german soldiers entered the fort with pistols and our troops are retreating everywhere
> Fucking commander Jottrand is giving erroneous orders

Long story short
> 24-hours "siege"
> Germans paras are still there, they are destroying everything with their hollow charges
> Only six of them are dead
> Fucking commander Jottrand is calling for help, but the belgian division is lost somewhere and phone lines are being cut
> More Germans are coming
> Stukas are bombing everything

At last
> We decide to surrender
> Ambassador is sent out to negociate an honorable surrender
> We open our main door...
> Ambassador is knocked out, Germans are rushing inside thanks to the wide opened door. They soon take the whole fortress.
Putain de chier.mp34

Belgium is open to the Germans. Panzers went through and did not stop their journey until Dunkerque.
Ében-Émael was not even a strategic point. Goebbels just wanted it for the lulz and propaganda.

>>2553420

basically a belgium repeat of the battle of Liège in WW I

> Be late sumer 1914
> Everyone knows germany will pass through liege
> Belgium build stronk concrete fortress to withstand 20 cm guns and block path
> Germany uses 40 cm guns
> It's very effective!

Literally the only thing stopping it from being a quicker seige was the time required to set up the 410mm artillery

wikipedia and the uneducated will claim this delayed the germans long enough for british french to gather forces but germany would later have open paths to paris that could have completed the von schleifen plan with minimal delays well before january had they taken these opportunities

>>2553709
You're right
But it seems the Belgians were less incompetent at Liege

>>2553773

fucking belgians

always have just one roll, build a fort, defend the fort for a couple weeks, here's where they'll be coming, here's where you'll need to defend, just pls hold this spot

can never do this

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Good thread OP, thanks for the laugh

Bump
Come on, history is mostly fun moments

>>2554076
There are one of these threads in the archives

>>2554092
The goal is to have OC

ebin ragecomic picture OP

>>2555691
content > form

Simply fuck off.