Kampfauftrag: "Bewährung": Das SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500/600 1943-1944

In the summer of 1943, plans for a paratrooper unit, especially for partisan combat, were made in the SS headquarters. The rifle companies were to be recruited from prisoners of the SS Central Prison Service. No criminals, but only men punished for disciplinary offenses should be given "opportunity for probation". The photo book describes the formation, equipment, armament and jump training of the SS-paratrooper battalion 500/600 and its combat missions to the summer of 1944 in Sachtexten and experience reports involved parties: Partisan fight in Montenegro, occupation of Budapest (company "Margarethe I"), partisan control in Serbia and Croatia (Company "maypole") and especially the strike against the headquarters of Tito (company "Rösselsprung") in May / June 1944. Numerous large format photos about training and combat missions round out the band about this exceptional battalion. • numerous b / w pictures • Format approx. 18 x 24.5 cm • Hardcover bound.

Hardcover: 384 pages

Language: German

Packaging dimensions: 24.4 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm