Enemy Air-Borne Forces, Military Intelligence Service, Special Series No. 7, December 1942 (LoneSentry.com)

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Enemy Air-Borne Forces, Military Intelligence Service, Special Series No. 7, December 2, 1942

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Table of Contents

SECTION I. INTRODUCTION

1. Definitions
2. The History of the Parachute
3. Air-Borne Pioneering
4. Progress after World War I
5. The Technique of Gliding

SECTION II. AIR-BORNE OPERATIONS IN THE PRESENT WAR

6. The Early Campaigning of World War II
7. The German Invasion of Holland and Belgium
8. The Conquest of France
9. Air-Borne Attack at the Bridge over the Corinth Canal
10. Air-Borne Troops in the Battle of Crete
11. Other Uses of German Parachutists
12. Italian Parachutists in the Occupation of Cephalonia
13. The Japanese Attack on Palembang, Netherlands East Indies
14. The Japanese Operation at Koepang, Island of Timor

SECTION III. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS

15. Historical Note
16. Organization of the Parachute Regiment
17. Organization Charts
18. Training of German Parachutists
19. Uniform and Equipment of German Parachute Troops

SECTION IV. GERMAN GLIDER-BORNE DEVELOPMENTS

20. The Combat Employment of Glider-Borne Troops
21. The 1st Assault Regiment
22. Experimentation with Military Gliders
23. Glider-Borne Personnel
24. The DFS 230 Glider
25. The Gotha 242 Glider
26. Other Types of German Gliders
27. Tug and Glider Performances
28. The Dropping of Parachutists from Gliders
29. Success and Weakness of Gliders

SECTION V. GERMAN AIR-BORNE TRANSPORT

30. XIth Air-Borne Corps
31. GAF Air-Borne Troops and Army Air-Landing Troops
32. The Importance of National Air Power
33. The German Transport Plane Ju-52
34. The German Transport Plane Ju-90
35. The Principal Advantage of the Ju-52 and the Ju-90
36. Comparison of the Ju-52 with the Ju-90
37. Range and Load of German Transport Aircraft
38. Air Transport Organization
39. Transport of a German Air-Borne Division
40. Transport of Air-Landing Troops by Ju-52's
41. Transportation of German Parachute Units
42. Communications in Air-Borne Operations

SECTION VI. ITALIAN AIR-BORNE FORCES

43. Italian Parachute Development
44. Impetus to Jump Training
45. The Supply of Trained Parachutists
46. Italian Transport of Supplies by Aircraft
47. Italian Transport of Large Troop Units by Air
48. Italian Air-Borne Experience in World War II
49. First Combat Use of Italian Parachutists
50. German Influence upon Italian Training and Tactics
51. Italian Parachute Units
52. Italian Interest in Gliding
53. Italian Air-Landing Units
54. Combined Employment of Air-Landing and Parachute Troops

SECTION VII. JAPANESE AIR-BORNE FORCES

55. Historical Note
56. Organization of Japanese Parachute Troops
57. Selection of Personnel
58. Officer Standards
59. The Japanese Training Program
60. Equipment of Japanese Parachutists
61. Japanese Aircraft Employed in Air-Borne Transport
62. Tactics in the Use of Japanese Parachute Troops
63. The Japanese Maneuvers of June 1941 near Akita
64. Japanese Air-Landing Troops

SECTION VIII. CONCLUSIONS: ENEMY AIR-BORNE TACTICS

65. Distance from Departure Airdromes
66. Preliminary Bombing and Machine-Gunning
67. Prospective Pattern for Air-Borne Attack
68. Tactics of Shock Troops
69. Disruption of Communications
70. Ground Assembly of Air-Borne Troops
71. Vulnerability of Parachutists
72. The Dropping Zone for Parachutists
73. Reinforcement of Success
74. Necessity for Early Reinforcement
75. Lack of Mobility of Grounded Air-Borne Troops
76. Deterrent Effect of Darkness
77. Ground-to-Air Visual Signaling
78. Radio Communication

APPENDIXES

Appendix A. An Intimate Report on a Former Member of the German 5th Parachute Regiment
Appendix B. Intelligence Information on the German 5th Parachute Regiment
Appendix C. German Parachutes
Appendix D. The Dropping of German Arms Containers

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