Paras....?

• May 9, 2025

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Lucky13

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In my castle....

All in, how did the British, German and US paratroops compare?

 

• May 9, 2025

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By the end of the war, many German Fallschirmjäger were paras by name only, but were very well combat trained.

The worst counter example was the 9 Fallschirmjäger Division formed of various ordinary Luftwaffe personel that had a mitigated performance during the defense of Berlin.

 

• May 9, 2025

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Don't forget the Italian Paracadutisti.

see "Italian Paratroopers in WW2: Origins And Early Operations"

and "Italian Paratroopers in WW2: Special Units And Last Operations"

Also, the Japanese Teishin Shudan and SNLF paratroop units.

see "Teishin Shudan - Wikipedia"

and "Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II - Wikipedia"

 

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• May 10, 2025

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GrauGeist

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Don't forget the Canadian Army's 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion.

They trained both in the U.S. and England and were attached to the British 3rd Parachute Brigade, but they were quite accomplished.

 

• May 10, 2025

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France :

- US trained : 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes.

- British trained : 2e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes ( 3 SAS Regiment) and 3e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (4 SAS Regiment).