La Mort Vient Du Ciel MTO (id:#58888)

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Drvar, Yugoslavia 1944-05-25 (16 others)

Overview:

"Death From the Sky" -- Since the Italian surrender in fall 1944, Tito's communist troops had extended their control area. Operation "Rosselsprung" was a combined assault on the partisan leader's HQ in Drvar. SS paratroopers where given the mission. At dawn of the 25th of May, the surprise was achieved: the German air force had eliminated all enemy anti-aircraft defenses and the gliders approached without opposition. The SS paratroopers jumped out of the gliders and started fighting. In less than one hour, the SS swiped away all resistance in the town. But Tito and his allied counselors barely escaped through a cave that emerged in another valley. Having seized the objective, the paratroopers had to hold until the arrival of their infantry. From the heights, the partisan light artillery bombarded the German positions and the partisan reinforcements started to flow toward the town. . .

Defender: Partisan (NOVJ) (Tito's HQ Escort Battalion and Officer's School/1st Proletarian Division/Lika's 3rd Brigade)  

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