FALLSCHIRMJAGER: GERMAN PARATROOPERS 1937-1941 - IMAGES OF WAR

Illustra l’impiego dei Fallschirmtruppen prima dell’inizio della seconda guerra mondiale, continua con i combattimenti in Scandinavia, le azioni in Belgio fino al successo ottenuto nel 1941 durante la Battaglia di Creta.

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As elite troops, the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) were regularly engaged in front line combat during the Second World War. Their famed actions such as the fighting in Scandinavia, the taking of the Belgian fortress Eden-Emal in May 1940, and the Battle of Crete just a year later, have given them the reputation of being determined, courageous and loyal soldiers.

This book covers the early years of the Fallschirmtruppen (paratroop units) before the beginning of the war, until the height of their successes in 1941 in the Battle of Crete, after which the Fallschirmjäger were more often deployed in a more 'traditional' way, even though high-risk actions (such as at Monte Cassino, the Gran Sasso Raid) allowed them to reconnect once more with their glorious past.