Название: Hitler's Paratrooper: The Life and Battles of Rudolf Witzig
Автор: Gilberto Villahermosa
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1848325592
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 304
Размер: 35,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
Rudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium's supposedly impregnable fortress Eben Emael in May 1940—the first time that glider-borne troops were used in the war. To many people, he is also known as the commander of the battle group that fired the first shots of the Tunisian campaign.
Remarkably, next to nothing has been written about him as an individual. This biography, completed with the full support of Witzig's widow and son, is a comprehensive history of the man and also provides important new detail on the German parachute arm that he served.