 Parachute troopers. The hour of decision has come. You gain great fame during the conquest of Poland. Now the enemy threatens the ruler. We must defend ourselves. The fate of Germany for 1,000 years hangs on our action. Our job is to break open the fortress holland. The enemy's bridges were to be blown up. The bridges by Mordijk and before Rotterdam, the German advance might be stopped. Parachute infantry, into your aircraft. This is Holland, Germany's small neighbor. The heart of the Netherlands, guarded by the broad estuaries of the lower Rhine and the flood areas of the Zeiders A, has been surrounded with a belt of strong points and water crossings until it's a single great fortress. It must be smashed to protect the German north flank from a possible base for British land and air operations. Through the bridges by Mordijk and at Rotterdam, the parachute infantry is to break open the fortress. This is of Mordijk. The view of these two crossings makes it clear that the success of the parachute troopers would be decisive for the campaign. The parachute troopers assemble in advance against their chosen objectives. Some from the southern riverbank, some on the north. One platoon attacks the highway bridge. To the east, the railway bridge is assorted from both ends at once. A third attack strikes out for the town of Mordijk. While to the south, one company must overcome the Dutch field fortifications. Another platoon drives south to neutralize the Dutch strong. Garrison of the shed housing the detonating switches is surprised and overwhelmed. It's necessary at once to cut all remote control explosion wiring over the bridge. It's three quarters of a mile across. The platoon is continuing its advance. It runs into some resistance at the railroad embankment. The platoon commander and one sergeant have reached the north bank, a Dutch machine gun bunker. The job will have to be done the hard way. Bring a concentrated charge to shove inside. How the platoon has worked its way across the tracks to get behind the embankment. The last resistance is from the bridge houses. These are knocked out. The two men who crossed the bridge are still alone. They hurry back the way they came with but one thought in mind to prevent the Dutch from blowing up the bridge by long distance through some hidden wiring. This could happen as long as all the mines and explosive charges down on the bridge piers haven't been removed. The concrete supports. The Dutch are still firing all around. Shellfire is mixed with a hail of machine gun bullets. As of the superstructure, the rest of the charges have to be found and made home. Two hours after the jump, the main part of the job has been done. The parachute troopers have stopped the blowing up of the bridges and killed or taken prisoner all the defenders of this vital crossing. Contact is at last being made with the detachment on the north bank. The parachute troopers come of besieged Mordech. After battering down enemy bunkers and strong points, the battalion has formed a hedgehog line of defense. At the same time, also at Dortmund, Rotterdam, and the Hague, parachute and airborne troops fought hard and victoriously. It was by this means that the great fortress of Holland was broken open from within, while the Nazi army pushed across the borders from the east. May 10, 1940, German troops crossed the Albert Canal north of Maastricht. At the same time, they break through the Peel forts. May 11, the Germans reached the Essel positions on the Grave line. May 12, the Nazi columns passed through Tilburg and Breda toward Dottrich on their way to relieve the airborne infantry on the defensive at Rotterdam. At Mordech, the troopers hold on. The rise division attacks from the south, but the lines hold around the bridgehead of Mordech. Isolated, surrounded, and attacked, holds out for three days and two nights. This artillery fire, Dutch batteries are still trying to destroy the bridges. Stukas, artillery on wings, come to give relief and support to the troopers. The mission at Mordech has been accomplished. The first break into a fortified region from the air, and the quick relief of the shock troops by the main armies breached the Dutch lines of defense. This set the stage for the surrender of the Netherlands on the 14th of May, 1940, after scarcely five days of battle. And of this German success story, we study it to learn how to tell the Nazis a story. One something like this, but with a different army and a different ending.