Airborne assault was one of the great innovations of the 1930s and
1940s, adding a new 'vertical' dimension to infantry warfare. By
the onset of World War II in 1939, Germany, Italy, and Russia were
already advanced in their development of paratrooper units. Germany
in particular demonstrated the tactical shock of paratroopers in
Western Europe in 1940 and, most spectacularly, in Crete in 1941,
galvanizing the UK and the United States to expand and train their
own airborne forces, which they unleashed in 1943-45. The Allied
paratrooper drops on D-Day (6 June 1944) and those of Operation
Market Garden (17-25 September 1944) were the stuff of legend, huge
in scale and ambition, but both Allied and Axis paratroopers were
deployed in numerous other actions, including special forces raids.
It quickly became apparent that the physical and tactical demands
placed upon paratroopers required men of exceptional stamina,
courage and intelligence. To create these soldiers, levels of
training were unusually punishing and protracted, and those who
came through to take their 'wings' were a true elite. The
Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual provides an unusually detailed
insight into what it took to make a military paratrooper, and how
he was then utilized in actions where expected survival might be
measured in a matter of days. Using material from British, US,
German archives and other primary sources, many never before
published, the book explains paratrooper theory, training and
practice in detail. The content includes details of the physical
training, instruction in static-line parachute deployment, handling
the various types of parachutes and harnesses, landing on dangerous
terrain, small-arms handling, airborne deployment of heavier combat
equipment, landing in hostile drop zones, tactics in the first
minutes of landing, radio comms, and much more. Featuring original
manual diagrams and illustrations, plus new introductory text
explaining the history and context of airborne warfare, The
Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual provides a detailed insight into
the principles and practice of this unique type of combat soldier.
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