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""This is a scholarly, high quality book and a great addition to what currently exists in print"" * WW2 Connection * ""…an excellent job of explaining the development and use of the Fallschirmtruppe from the mid-1930s through to the early years of the war. A first class read and very informative, with a level of detail that I found enlightening."" * Military Modelling * “Overall this is a very valuable account of the campaigns of the Fallschirmtruppe that takes a impressively balanced approach to their combat missions, acknowledging the failures of planning that often saw them suffer heavier than expected casualties while almost always achieving their objectives.” * History of War * “ … simply superb … A first class read and very informative, with a level of detail that I found enlightening * Military Modelling *

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Karl-Heinz Golla, born in 1939, joined the Fallschirmjäger of the Bundeswehr in 1958. After completion of officer training, he served as a platoon leader and company commander and then passed the General Staff course. He undertook several assignments as a General Staff officer in the fields of operations, war planning and doctrine in senior national and NATO commands. In between he was also a commander of an armored infantry battalion. He retired in 1994 with the rank of colonel. Since then he has authored several military history books, including Zwischen Reggio und Cassino: Das Kriegsgeschehen in Italien im zweiten Halbjahr 1943 (2004) and Der Fall Griechenlands 1941 (2007).

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