Ganze Manner

1940, hardcover, 96pp, exemplaar met gebruikssporen, 26x18cm

When the formation of British Airborne Forces was initiated in 1940 there was little to no knowledge, let alone an experience base to draw upon for either training or equipment. The cadre of Army and RAF leadership given this daunting task initially drew heavily from intelligence reports, and captured equipment of the German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger. A fact I was not previously aware of was that 1,660 Fallschirmjäger were captured during the course of the German invasion of Holland. Details of the equipment captured were presented at an Air Ministry conference on 10 June 1940.