Название: Images of War - Fallschirmjager: Elite German Paratroops in World War II
Автор: Diane Canwell, Jon Sutherland
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848843186
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 176
Размер: 11,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album belonged to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7. They suffered very heavy losses in the invasion of Crete and then saw bloody conflict as "Hitler s Fire-fighters" on the Russian Front and put up fierce resistance in places such as Monte Casino. The photographs were taken in Austria, Romania, Bulgaria Greece and Russia.