Jump Into Hell: German Paratroopers in World War II

by Franz Kurowski

Overview

Action-adventure narrative about elite German airborne troops.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811743235
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	12/15/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Franz Kurowski served as a reporter in the German Army during World War II and later wrote over one hundred books.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 From Paratroopers to Airborne Forces, the Buildup 1

Chapter 2 Paratroopers at War 16

Chapter 3 Put to the Test 28

Chapter 4 Between the Campaign in the West and Crete 62

Chapter 5 Hell was a Place Called Crete 73

Chapter 6 Paratroopers in the Soviet Union 188

Chapter 7 Rebuiding the Airborne Corps 213

Chapter 8 Sicily and Italy 248

Chapter 9 The End in the West 296

Rank Comparisons 348

Select Bibliography 349

Acknowledgments 352

Index 353