GERMAN PARATROOPERS: Volume 3 - Uniforms and Equipment 1936-1945

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For collectors, uniform enthusiasts and military historians alike, this three-volume work provides a comprehensive and detailed study of the World War II German paratrooper, including in-depth examinations of nearly every uniform item - including all models of jump smocks - and equipment used from the airborne forces' establishment in the mid-1930s to May 1945.

It also extensively covers specific insignia and various unique ephemera. Finally, the work provides in-depth summaries of the operations the Green Devils fought in, from the air assaults on Norway, Belgium's Fort Eben Emael, Holland, and Crete, over ground combat in North Africa, Russia, Italy, and Normandy through the Battle of the Bulge and on to the last days of the Third Reich.

This drew on cooperation from collectors and museums from all over the world. The three volumes run to more than 1,000 pages, with thousands of specially commissioned color photographs of original Fallschirmjager artifacts, some of them never shown before, accompanied by many unique period black and white images, many of them hitherto unpublished.

Volume III: Insignia, Documents, Ephemera and Battles
* Chapter 1: Paratroopers of the Army and others
* Chapter 2: Paratrooper Badges, Cuff Titles, Unit Badges and Awards
* Chapter 3: Dog Tags and Personal Documents
* Chapter 4: Individual Groupings
* Chapter 5: Mementos, Books and Printed Material
* Chapter 6: Battle Honors of the Paratroopers (uniformed mannequins)