Operation Fall Weiss: German Paratroopers in the Poland Campaign 1939

by Stephan Janzyk

While the fledgling German paratroop operations in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, attracted worldwide attention, what is not as well known is that the use of paratroopers was planned for the invasion of Poland in 1939, in an act that began the Second World War. This has given rise to the myth that Adolf Hitler wanted to keep this new, and hitherto little-known, branch of the armed services secret for future projects. However, on several occasions the men of Parachute Regiment 1 were sat ready in their Ju52 transport planes, fully equipped and ready to go. Operation Fall Weiss describes the role of the German paratroopers in the Polish campaign, using war diaries, maps, contemporary documents and photographs, including those from various private collections around the world.

184 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2017

Reviews

[Bronze Age Barbarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book stocked full of information and amazing photographs and documents. Extremely well researched book about a very obscure part of the invasion of Poland and the Fallschirmjager. Really high quality construction too.