This was the first country to use assault gliders in war.
- Britain
- Italy
- Germany
- Russia
Germany. On 10 May 1940, nine German gliders landed on the roof of the Belgian Fort Eben Emael, the largest fortification in the world, and in 20 minutes using flamethrowers and shaped charges, capture it.
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