MAA: Luftwaffe Airborne and Field Units

Windrow, Martin

ISBN 10: 0850451140 / ISBN 13: 9780850451146

Published by Osprey Publishing, Reading, UK, 1972

About this Item

Includes 36*b/w photographs and 8*colour plates. 40pp. Cover and spine dis-coloured. Light wear to corners.

Seller Inventory # 2827

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MAA: Luftwaffe Airborne and Field Units
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Reading, UK
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850451140
• ISBN 13: 9780850451146
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Roffe, Michael
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • WW2: Aircraft and Aerial Warfare

About this title

Synopsis

Members of the Lutwaffe served as infantry, artillery, tank crews and service troops in all the major theatres of World War II. Shortages of fuel and aircraft meant that Luftwaffe personnel were made available for other tasks and this volume looks at some of the Field Divisions that saw action in the war. The elite paratroopers of the Airborne units did see extensive service following their thorough training and several of the airborne operations are detailed including the sizures of Norway, Denmark and Crete. The uniforms are illustrated to show the various different roles the air arm assumed.

About the Author

Martin Windrow is series editor at Osprey and an authority on the post-war French army, particularly the Foreign Legion. He is the author of the very successful MAA 300 French Foreign Legion since 1945 and the recent MAA 322 The French War in Indochina 1946-54. Michael Roffe is a talented illustrator of military subjects who has worked for Osprey for many years.