Jump Into Hell: German Paratroopers in World War II by Franz Kurowski

Author: Franz Kurowski
eBook Title: Jump Into Hell: German Paratroopers in World War II
ISBN10: 081170582X
ISBN13: 978-0811705820
Language: English
Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1st Edition edition (December 15, 2009)
Category: History
Subcategory: Europe
Size ePub vers.: 1871 kb
Size PDF vers.: 1788 kb
Other formats: cb7, odf, pdf, azw, ibooks, mobi
Rating: 4.8
Votes: 505
Pages:

As a crucial part of the blitzkrieg that swept across Western Europe in the spring of 1940, German paratroopers made combat drops in Denmark and Norway and then won a brilliant victory in their assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben-Emael. Their most famous airborne operation came in Crete in 1941 when they captured the island but with such high casualties that Hitler would not allow another major drop. Also organized as motorized infantry for ground attacks, the paratroopers saw action at Monte Cassino in Italy, in Normandy, and on the Eastern Front.