Description
During 1940 and 1941, the German paratroops, the Fallschirmjager, conducted some of the most daring and decisive airborne operations of the war, but 1942 saw their role change. Hitler was no longer willing to risk this elite force in massed airborne operations. Instead these elite, light infantry were used as fire-brigade units in theatres as far afield as Tunisia and Russia. The Italian Parachutists, initially earmarked for the invasion of Malta to fight alongside the Fallschirmjager, similarly found themselves used to bolster the Italian front-line.
CONTENTS
- Background on the German Fallschirmjager and Italian Folgore Parachutists and their battles in 1942 and 1943
- Instructions on how to build a German Fallschirmjager Company, and an Italian Parachutist Company
- German and Italian basing guides
