Eagles of the Luftwaffe 3: DFS 230 Combat glider by Neil Page

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2. Gliding and the origins of the DFS 230
3. Blitzkrieg in the West! Eben Emael and the Albert Canal bridges
4. The establishment of Luftlandegeschwader 1 and preparations for ‘Sea Lion’
5. ‘Marita’ and ‘Merkur’ - (I) Corinth (II) Einsatz Kreta
6. The DFS 230 in action in the East – Ösel 1941
7. Special ‘ops’ in North Africa
8. The ‘Kessel’ battles and the Kuban
9. Late 1943 - Back to France and Italy
10. Operation 'Eiche’ - Gran Sasso and the rescue of Mussolini
11. Operation 'Rösselsprung' – Knight’s move against Tito
12. Vercors – with KG 200 in combat against the French resistance
13. One-way flights to Hell – Budapest, Breslau and Berlin
14. Afterword