Fallschirmjäger
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The Fallschirmjäger were the airborne forces branch of the Luftwaffe before and during World War II. They were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations. They were comm
A paratroop crew firing a mortar
Burning German Junkers Ju 52s at Ypenburg, Netherlands, in 1940
Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete in 1941
German paratroopers prepare to be flown to the Greek island of Leros in 1943.
Kurt Student
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Kurt Arthur Benno Student was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. An early pioneer of airborne forces, Student was in overall command of developing a paratrooper force to be known a
Fallschirmjäger
…Luftwaffe before and during World War II. They were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations. They were commanded by Kurt Student, the Luftwaffe's second-in-command. During the interwar years, the rapid development of aircraft and aviation technology drew the attention of imaginative…
Student in 1941
German paratroopers landing at the Ockenburg airfield near The Hague, 10 May 1940
Up to 60 Cretan civilians were massacred at Kondomari by Student's Fallschirmjäger in June 1941