Photographic History of Airborne Warfare, 1939-1945

SIMON FORTY

On 10 May 1940 German Fallschirmjager stormed the Dutch fort of Eben-Emael, south of Maastricht. The brilliantly executed operation was the first signal success by airborne troops in the Second World War and it made the military world sit up and take notice. Improved parachutes and the creation of glide...