by Daniel Russ on November 28, 2017
The German Airborne Assault on Crete might have seemed like a wanton and unessential battle to engage. Massed German paratrooper attacks had already been staged successfully inside Belgian and French lines at the outset of the war. Hitler loved his paratroopers because they were ruthless winners and zealous Nazis and a few […]
by Daniel Russ on November 26, 2017
Operation Sealion was a planned air borne and amphibious assault on the British Isles. Hitler was looking for a way to force the British into some concessions and possibly surrender. It began with a plan to soften up the United Kingdom’s mighty Royal Air Force and so an all out air assault began […]