Airborne Operations: A German Appraisal

This pamphlet was written for the Historical Division, EUCOM, by a committee of former German officers. It follows an outline prepared by the Office of the Chief of Military History, Special Staff, United States Army, which is given below: 1. a. A review of German airborne experience in World War II. b. An appraisal of German successes and failures. c. Reasons for the apparent abandonment of large-scale German airborne operations after the Crete operation. 2. a. German experience in opposing Allied and Russian airborne operations. b. An appraisal of the effectiveness of these operations. 3. The probable future of airborne operations. It is believed that the contributors to this study represent a valid cross-section of expert German opinion on airborne operations. Since the contributors include Luftwaffe and Army officers at various levels of command, some divergences of opinion are inevitable; these have been listed and, wherever possible, evaluated by the principal German author. However, the opinions of General-feld-marschall Albert Kesselring are given separately and without comment wherever they occur in the course of the presentation. More Books on Germany in World War 2 The German Squad in Combat https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BYWF43D Interrogation, Arrest, and Condemnation of German Prisoners of War in Soviet Russia https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075X2FL63 Enemy Air-Borne Forces https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07612GR9G The Problem of German Youth Under Military Government https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07561TBBZ German Anti-Guerrilla Operations in the Balkans https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0718Z3V3N Operations of Encircled forces: German Experiences in Russia https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072F25PCV Military Improvisations: During the Russian Campaign https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0716V1CC4 Rear Area Security in Russia: The Soviet Second Front Behind German Lines https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071VYYKJW Warfare in the Far North https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072HZS27V The German Armored Division https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072JKMDD4 German Military Training: In World War Two https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072MY8YHC The German Armored Army https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072TG1YF7 The German Motorized Infantry Regiment https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073QC8DJQ Combating the Guerrilla https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0742JVKPS German Tactical Doctrine: In 1942 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W2J84QF German Defense Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XZ8VTPP The German Campaign in Poland https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XXYSGZP Combat in Russian Forests and Swamps https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y4HHGQN German Methods of Warfare in Libya https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y29X8XR Night Combat: The German Report Series https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZXX7GYP