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Cargando... Hitler's Sky Warriors: German Paratroopers in Action, 1939-1945por Christopher Ailsby
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is a real nice book, a large format softcover. Even more so especially since I picked it up at Daedalus's warehouse remaindered for $6.98. Let's start with the blurb: Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs—many previously unpublished—on nearly every page, Hitler's Sky Warriors is a detailed examination of the battles and campaigns of the Third Reich's airborne forces, or Fallschirmjäger. Beginning with the origins of airborne forces during World War I, this volume investigates the development of the concept of airborne assault by the Nazis in the 1930s and the creation of the 7th Flieger Division and continues with a discussion of the airborne invasions of Norway, Belgium, Holland, Greece, and Crete and numerous ground campaigns during World War II. The volume also features information on weapons and equipment, as well as biographical details on leading Fallschirmjäger commanders. Sounds good, eh? Well...it's not quite like that really. The fous of the layout is the pictures, and it should be, they are really good pictures, all ones I have never seen before. And the captions are FIRST rate. The author, apparently an expert in decorations and uniforms, is able to tell you quite a bit about each photo. As a result, each caption is more on the order of a small paragraph. With 1-3 pictures per page and captions like that, there isn't a whole lot of room left on each page for prose. And that is fine, the prose is far and away the weakest part of the book. OK, sure there is the history of the Fallschirmjäger from it's inception, but it is pretty thin and focuses on when such and such formation was raised and who commanded it from when to when. It's like the author took a list of Fallschirmjäger units and commanders from the web and tried to turn it into a history text. It doesn't hold up mostly on the grounds of uneveness. You get great detail about a few units and commanders down to the batallion level, but other formations not so much. That doesn't mean it's without value. For a broad overview, it works. But if you are looking for an authoritative reference, this isn't it, as I noted, it seems too uneven for that. Maybe the addition of tables would help, I don't know. However, for the casual reader, the prose is probably more detail on commanders and formations than you want. For the casual student, wargamer or afficiadio to this period, it is probably fine. IMHO what's missing is details on the tactics employed by the Fallschirmjäger and more details on the battles fought and how they did. That would really cement it's place as a must have book. As it is, the pictures are terrific and the captions really make this book a steal even at full price ($20) if you can find it. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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During the Second World War, the German Fallschirmjger (paratroopers) carried out many successful and daring operations, such as the capture of the Belgian fortress at Eben Emael in 1940 and the invasion of Crete in 1941. Hitler's Sky Warriors is a detailed examination of all the battles and campaigns of the Third Reich's airborne forces, illustrated throughout by many previously unpublished photographs. Hitler's Sky Warriors includes detailed accounts of all the ground campaigns of the parachute divisions, especially in Italy, where their epic defenses of Monte Cassino entered military legend. As well as being a comprehensive account of Fallschirmjger battles and campaigns, Hitler's Sky Warriors includes information on the specialist weapons and equipment developed for Germany's airborne forces. These include the paratrooper helmet, the FG 42 automatic rifle, the so-called 'gravity knife', the different jump smocks, parachutes and harnesses, transport aircraft and gliders. Hitler's Sky Warriors also contains biographical details on all the main parachute commanders, such as Kurt Student, Bernhard Herman Ramcke and Richard Heidrich, and includes appendices that contain information about divisional orders of battle and Knight's Cross winners. In this way Hitler's Sky Warriors builds into an extensive and exciting account of one of the elite formations of military history. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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