Fallschirmjager in the Defense of the Oder 1945 Schwedt, Zehden, Eberswalde, Seelow, Berlin

In this book we will narrate the participation of the parachute troops in the defensive line of the Oder. We will talk in this text about two paratroop units that, quite possibly because they fought the Soviets in the last year of the WWII, have generally been much less known than their comrades-in-arms on the Italian or Western front. Battles intended only to slow down as much as possible the arrival of the Red Army in Berlin, in which the German troops were practically overwhelmed by their enemies. German parachute troops had an important role during World War II. At the beginning of the armed conflict, these troops were considered elite due to their special preparation and training, showing their high combat value even in very adverse situations in all German theaters of war; thus, they were forging their 'legend'. But in the last years of the war the parachute troops received no training in jumping from planes and their preparation was not substantially different from that of