ComradeP -> RE: German 22nd Airlanding Div (10/31/2011 3:57:16 PM)
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The air landing divisions were trained to be dropped behind enemy lines, but after being moved to (previously enemy) airfields by glider or transport instead of being dropped anywhere by parachute. Like paratroopers, their actual combat value in that role was often not too high, depending on enemy resistance. The only air landing operation the 22nd was engaged in, the invasion of the Netherlands, very nearly ended in disaster/destruction for them and for most of the participating Fallschirmjaeger units.
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