GERMAN AIRBORNE TROOPS by Roger Edwards

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GERMAN AIRBORNE TROOPS

ROGER EDWARDS

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GENERALOBERST KURT STUDENT

UNIFORMS
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND ORGANISATION
AIR TRANSPORT
MILITARY OPERATIONS
UNIT HISTORIES
PERSONALITIES

The systematically arranged text, with a forward by Generaloberst Student, creator of the Fallschirmjager deals comprehensively with the points mentioned above.

The German plans for airborne attacks on Norway, Denmark, Holland and Corinth Canal and Crete are lucidly explained and illustrated with photographic material from German war archives. Unfulfilled plans for a sky-borne invasion of Britain and for the occupation of Malta and Gibraltar, as well as for the capture of the French fleet in Toulon, are included in the narrative.

The attack on Crete, the first ever strategic employment of parachute troops, highlighted both the strength and the weakness of German airborne warfare. Paradoxically, this hazardous military operation, succeeding by only the narrowest of margins, led to the demise of the Fallschirmjager battalions and their further debilitation in wasteful battles in Russia.

Pub: Macdonald and Jane, 1974. First Edition.

ISBN: 0 356 04576 5

B&W illustrations with numerous maps.

225 x 160mm wide, 160 pages.

Internally there are no inscriptions. There is some crimping of the f & beps but I think this is due to the binding. Some very light scattered foxing on the inside of the cloth covers and f & beps. Otherwise clean and quite crisp.

The green cloth cover is in good condition - there is some fading along the spine, at the top and bottom of the spine and along the top edge. There is also some minor insect damage along the top of the spine and along the back, top inside edge. Does not overly detract. The d/j is badly faded along the spine and unfortunately has paper loss (SEE SPINE PHOTO BELOW). Barring the jacket still in vg condition.

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