HITLER’S FALLSCHIRMJAGER’S DARING ATTACK ON THE ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN 1943: ONE OF THE LAST AIRBORNE OPERATIONS BY GERMAN PARATROOPERS IN WW2.
Code: H273
Price: £25.00
Catalogue(s): Franklin
Category(s): New Books, World War Two,
320pp., 32 illus. 2025. On 3 September 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies. However, the Italian Army headquarters in the nearby town of Monterotondo refused to surrender. The task of dealing with this outpost, as well as capturing the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army, General Mario Roatta, was handed to one battalion of German paratroopers.