US Paratrooper 1941-45 (Warrior)
Contributors: Mike Chappell (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: August 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781855328426
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; American history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; Special & elite forces; War & defence operations; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military Science; History: American; History; History - Military / War; Europe; USA; Military - United States; History / Military / World War II; Military - World War II
First sentence: "General Kurt Student's German paratroopers (Fallschirmjagers, to give them their German name) and their glider offensive on Eban Emael in May 1940 made the world aware of a new threat: death from above."