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Informationen zum Autor David Greentree graduated from the University of York with a BA in History before completing an MA in War Studies at King’s College London and qualifying as a lecturer in Further Education. In 1995 he accepted a commission in the Royal Air Force and has served in a variety of locations, including Afghanistan and Oman. He has written several books for Osprey, focusing on British military history and World War II. Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Édouard Detaille. Klappentext The airborne forces of Britain and Germany were among their best troops of World War II and when they met in battle the result was a brutal trial of strength. These highly trained parachute troops clashed with their opposite numbers! gaining experience! refining tactics and learning valuable lessons. This book deals with this topic. Britain's budding airborne forces saw their first prolonged combat in the battles for North Africa and Sicily in 1942-43, awhile their German counterparts, reinforced and expanded since their costly victory in Crete, proved their value as veteran 'fire fighters', able to counter emergencies. In this fully illustrated study an authority on airborne warfare pits these two elite forces against one another in the harsh terrain of the Mediterranean theatre in a clash that would shape airborne doctrine for both sides. Zusammenfassung The airborne forces of Britain and Germany were among their best troops of World War II and when they met in battle the result was a brutal trial of strength. British paratroopers and German Fallschirmjäger clashed repeatedly and their training, tactics, experience, morale and weaponry were tested against each other, not least in the three bruising encounters outlined here, in Tunisia and Sicily. From the British attempts to seize the airfields at Depienne and Oudna to the bloody night battle for Green Hill and the bitter struggle for Primosole Bridge in Sicily, these highly trained parachute troops clashed with their opposite numbers, gaining experience, refining tactics and learning valuable lessons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction /The opposing sides /Combat 1 /Combat 2 /Combat 3 /Analysis and conclusion /Bibliography /Index ...
