diff --git a/src/app/app.routes.ts b/src/app/app.routes.ts
index 4e3c67c..734287d 100644
--- a/src/app/app.routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.routes.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,11 @@ export const routes: Routes = [
         (m) => m.CreationalOpsComponent
       ),
   },
+  {
+    path: 'rxjs/flattening-operators',
+    loadComponent: () =>
+      import('./rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component').then(
+        (m) => m.FlatteningOpsComponent
+      ),
+  },
 ];
diff --git a/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.html b/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e43b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<h1 data-testid="heading">
+  Flattening Operators
+</h1>
+
+<h3 #concatMapHeading data-testid="concatmap-heading">ConcatMap: {{ concatMapMessage$ | async }}</h3>
+
+<h3 #mergeMapHeading data-testid="mergemap-heading" (click)="onMergeMapClickHandler()">MergeMap: {{ mergeMapMessage$ | async }}</h3>
diff --git a/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.scss b/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.spec.ts b/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec3728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { dispatchFakeEvent, findEl } from './../../spec-helpers/element.spec-helper';
+
+import { FlatteningOpsComponent } from './flattening-ops.component';
+
+describe('FlatteningOpsComponent', () => {
+  let component: FlatteningOpsComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<FlatteningOpsComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [FlatteningOpsComponent]
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(FlatteningOpsComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should log the concatMap flattened observable', (done) => {
+    // Arrange
+    const expected = ['0', '1', '2', '3']; // Match actual emissions
+    const receivedValues: string[] = [];
+
+    // Act
+    component.concatMapMessage$.subscribe({
+      next: (value) => {
+        receivedValues.push(value); // Capture emitted values
+      },
+      complete: () => {
+        console.info('concatMap', receivedValues);
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(receivedValues).toEqual(expected); // Assert emissions directly
+        done(); // Mark test as completed
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Assert
+    dispatchFakeEvent(findEl(fixture, 'concatmap-heading').nativeElement, 'click'); // Trigger the fake event
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  })
+
+  it('should log the mergeMap flattened observable', (done) => {
+    // Arrange
+    const expected = ['0', '1', '2', '0', '3', '1', '2', '3']; // Match actual emissions
+    const receivedValues: string[] = [];
+
+    // Act
+    component.mergeMapMessage$.subscribe({
+      next: (value) => {
+        receivedValues.push(value); // Capture emitted values
+      },
+      complete: () => {
+        console.info('mergeMap', receivedValues);
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(receivedValues).toEqual(expected); // Assert emissions directly
+        done(); // Mark test as completed
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Assert
+    dispatchFakeEvent(findEl(fixture, 'mergemap-heading').nativeElement, 'click'); // Trigger the fake event (1st)
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      dispatchFakeEvent(findEl(fixture, 'mergemap-heading').nativeElement, 'click'); // Trigger the fake event (2nd)
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    }, 100 * 2 + 10 /* Start  at the (end-1) of the 1st click + 10ms */)
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  })
+});
diff --git a/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.ts b/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f09251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/rxjs/flattening-ops/flattening-ops.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { AsyncPipe } from "@angular/common";
+import { Component, DestroyRef, ElementRef, inject, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import { concatMap, fromEvent, interval, map, mergeMap, of, Subject, take, takeUntil, tap } from "rxjs";
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-flattening-ops',
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [AsyncPipe],
+  templateUrl: './flattening-ops.component.html',
+  styleUrl: './flattening-ops.component.scss'
+})
+export class FlatteningOpsComponent {
+
+  protected readonly destroy = inject(DestroyRef);
+
+  concatMapMessage$ = new Subject<string>();
+  @ViewChild('concatMapHeading') concatMapHeading!: ElementRef<HTMLElement>;
+
+  mergeMapMessage$ = new Subject<string>();
+  mergeMapClickCount = 0;
+  @ViewChild('mergeMapHeading') mergeMapHeading!: ElementRef<HTMLElement>;
+
+  ngAfterViewInit() {
+    this.registerConcatMap();
+  }
+
+  onMergeMapClickHandler() {
+    if (!this.mergeMapClickCount) { // only if first click
+      setTimeout(() => this.mergeMapMessage$.complete(), 100 * 8 + 10);
+    }
+
+    this.registerMergeMap().subscribe();
+    this.mergeMapClickCount++;
+  }
+
+  registerConcatMap() {
+    fromEvent(this.concatMapHeading.nativeElement, 'click').pipe(
+      tap(() => {
+        setTimeout(() => this.concatMapMessage$.complete(), 150 * 4 + 10)
+      }),
+      takeUntil(this.concatMapMessage$),
+      concatMap(() => interval(150).pipe(take(4))),
+    ).subscribe({
+      next: (number) => {
+        this.concatMapMessage$.next(number.toString());
+        // Logs: 0, 1, 2, 3 on every click
+      },
+    })
+  }
+
+  registerMergeMap() {
+    return of({}).pipe(
+      takeUntil(this.mergeMapMessage$),
+      mergeMap(() => interval(100).pipe(take(4))),
+      map((number) => {
+        this.mergeMapMessage$.next(number.toString())
+      })
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/spec-helpers/element.spec-helper.ts b/src/app/spec-helpers/element.spec-helper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a0bfc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/spec-helpers/element.spec-helper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+/* istanbul ignore file */
+
+import { DebugElement } from '@angular/core';
+import { ComponentFixture } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+/**
+ * Spec helpers for working with the DOM
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Returns a selector for the `data-testid` attribute with the given attribute value.
+ *
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ *
+ */
+export function testIdSelector(testId: string): string {
+  return `[data-testid="${testId}"]`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Finds a single element inside the Component by the given CSS selector.
+ * Throws an error if no element was found.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param selector CSS selector
+ *
+ */
+export function queryByCss<T>(
+  fixture: ComponentFixture<T>,
+  selector: string,
+): DebugElement {
+  // The return type of DebugElement#query() is declared as DebugElement,
+  // but the actual return type is DebugElement | null.
+  // See https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/22449.
+  const debugElement = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(selector));
+  // Fail on null so the return type is always DebugElement.
+  if (!debugElement) {
+    throw new Error(`queryByCss: Element with ${selector} not found`);
+  }
+  return debugElement;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Finds an element inside the Component by the given `data-testid` attribute.
+ * Throws an error if no element was found.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ *
+ */
+export function findEl<T>(fixture: ComponentFixture<T>, testId: string): DebugElement {
+  return queryByCss<T>(fixture, testIdSelector(testId));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Finds all elements with the given `data-testid` attribute.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ */
+export function findEls<T>(fixture: ComponentFixture<T>, testId: string): DebugElement[] {
+  return fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css(testIdSelector(testId)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the text content of an element with the given `data-testid` attribute.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ */
+export function getText<T>(fixture: ComponentFixture<T>, testId: string): string {
+  return findEl(fixture, testId).nativeElement.textContent;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Expects that the element with the given `data-testid` attribute
+ * has the given text content.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ * @param text Expected text
+ */
+export function expectText<T>(
+  fixture: ComponentFixture<T>,
+  testId: string,
+  text: string,
+): void {
+  expect(getText(fixture, testId)).toBe(text);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Expects that the element with the given `data-testid` attribute
+ * has the given text content.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param text Expected text
+ */
+export function expectContainedText<T>(fixture: ComponentFixture<T>, text: string): void {
+  expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain(text);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Expects that a component has the given text content.
+ * Both the component text content and the expected text are trimmed for reliability.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param text Expected text
+ */
+export function expectContent<T>(fixture: ComponentFixture<T>, text: string): void {
+  expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe(text);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dispatches a fake event (synthetic event) at the given element.
+ *
+ * @param element Element that is the target of the event
+ * @param type Event name, e.g. `input`
+ * @param bubbles Whether the event bubbles up in the DOM tree
+ */
+export function dispatchFakeEvent(
+  element: EventTarget,
+  type: string,
+  bubbles: boolean = false,
+): void {
+  const event = document.createEvent('Event');
+  event.initEvent(type, bubbles, false);
+  element.dispatchEvent(event);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enters text into a form field (`input`, `textarea` or `select` element).
+ * Triggers appropriate events so Angular takes notice of the change.
+ * If you listen for the `change` event on `input` or `textarea`,
+ * you need to trigger it separately.
+ *
+ * @param element Form field
+ * @param value Form field value
+ */
+export function setFieldElementValue(
+  element: HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement | HTMLSelectElement,
+  value: string,
+): void {
+  element.value = value;
+  // Dispatch an `input` or `change` fake event
+  // so Angular form bindings take notice of the change.
+  const isSelect = element instanceof HTMLSelectElement;
+  dispatchFakeEvent(element, isSelect ? 'change' : 'input', isSelect ? false : true);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sets the value of a form field with the given `data-testid` attribute.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ * @param value Form field value
+ */
+export function setFieldValue<T>(
+  fixture: ComponentFixture<T>,
+  testId: string,
+  value: string,
+): void {
+  setFieldElementValue(findEl(fixture, testId).nativeElement, value);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks or unchecks a checkbox or radio button.
+ * Triggers appropriate events so Angular takes notice of the change.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ * @param checked Whether the checkbox or radio should be checked
+ */
+export function checkField<T>(
+  fixture: ComponentFixture<T>,
+  testId: string,
+  checked: boolean,
+): void {
+  const { nativeElement } = findEl(fixture, testId);
+  nativeElement.checked = checked;
+  // Dispatch a `change` fake event so Angular form bindings take notice of the change.
+  dispatchFakeEvent(nativeElement, 'change');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Makes a fake click event that provides the most important properties.
+ * Sets the button to left.
+ * The event can be passed to DebugElement#triggerEventHandler.
+ *
+ * @param target Element that is the target of the click event
+ */
+export function makeClickEvent(target: EventTarget): Partial<MouseEvent> {
+  return {
+    preventDefault(): void { },
+    stopPropagation(): void { },
+    stopImmediatePropagation(): void { },
+    type: 'click',
+    target,
+    currentTarget: target,
+    bubbles: true,
+    cancelable: true,
+    button: 0,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Emulates a left click on the element with the given `data-testid` attribute.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Component fixture
+ * @param testId Test id set by `data-testid`
+ */
+export function click<T>(fixture: ComponentFixture<T>, testId: string): void {
+  const element = findEl(fixture, testId);
+  const event = makeClickEvent(element.nativeElement);
+  element.triggerEventHandler('click', event);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Finds a nested Component by its selector, e.g. `app-example`.
+ * Throws an error if no element was found.
+ * Use this only for shallow component testing.
+ * When finding other elements, use `findEl` / `findEls` and `data-testid` attributes.
+ *
+ * @param fixture Fixture of the parent Component
+ * @param selector Element selector, e.g. `app-example`
+ */
+export function findComponent<T>(
+  fixture: ComponentFixture<T>,
+  selector: string,
+): DebugElement {
+  return queryByCss(fixture, selector);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Finds all nested Components by its selector, e.g. `app-example`.
+ */
+export function findComponents<T>(
+  fixture: ComponentFixture<T>,
+  selector: string,
+): DebugElement[] {
+  return fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css(selector));
+}