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German airborne raid against Tito, 25 May 1944
1 online resource (73 pages) : illustrations, color maps.
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Knight's Move -- Origins of the raid -- The plan -- The airborne raid -- Partisan picture -- Execution, X-Day: 0700: Airborne assault wave reaches the objective ; 0930: Drvar occupied, main attempt to capture Tito ; 1000: Battle group moves to the southwest ; 1200: The second wave arrives ; 1800: Battalion withdraws to cemetery ; 2130: Cemetery position occupied -- Execution, X-Day plus 1: 0330: Enemy attacks repulsed ; 0600: Direct air support resumes ; 0700 to 1000: Link up with ground forces -- Analysis -- Appendix: 500/600th SS-Parachute Battalion chronology.
Title from title screen (viewed July 24, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-71).
Drvar, Battle of, Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1944