WWII 1942 “KRETA, SIEG DER KUHNSTEN”-Crete, Victory of the Daring Ones- 1st Ed

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WWII 1942 “KRETA, SIEG DER KUHNSTEN”-Crete, Victory of the Daring Ones- 1st Ed:
$125.00

KRETA, SIEG DER KUHNSTEN - Von Heldenkampf Der Fallschirmjager (CRETE, VICTORY OF THE DARING ONES - The Heroic Battle of the Paratrooper)Three are also crayon drawings at the back pages of a man with a gun and a house (see Pictures). What an interesting piece of history. The binding is starting to break down so it would be best to have it restored by a professional.
This is the best illustrated history of the German Fallschirmager (paratroopers) during the Third Reich. It is full of tons of pictures with captions. It is a big 8-1/2 X 12-1/2 inch, 240 (unnumbered) page, hardcover book published at the direction of Luftwaffe General Student in 1942 by Steirische Verlagsanstalt in Graz, Germany.The Battle of Crete (German: Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta) was a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. It began on the morning of the 20th of May 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Mercury (“Operation Mercury”). Greek and Allied forces, along with Cretan civilians, defended the island.After one day of fighting, the Germans had suffered very heavy casualties and none of their objectives had been achieved. The next day, through miscommunication and failure of Allied commanders to grasp the situation, Maleme airfield in western Crete fell to the Germans, enabling them to fly in reinforcements and overwhelm the defenders. The battle lasted about 10 days.The Battle of Crete was unprecedented in three respects: it was not the only the first battle where the German paratroopers were used on a massive scale, but also the first mainly airborne invasion in military history; the first time Allies made significant use of intelligence from the deciphered German Enigmacode; and the first time invading German troops encountered mass resistance from a civilian population. Because of the heavy casualties suffered by the paratroopers, Adolf Hitler forbade further large scale airborne operations. However, the Allies were impressed by the potential of paratroopers and started to build their own airborne divisions.