Knight’s Move: The Hunt for Marshal Tito 1944: 32 (Raid) - Softcover

Greentree, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184908601X ISBN 13: 9781849086011

Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2012

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..".this history offers rare photos of the raid, new maps, and analyzes strategy in a fine account recommended for any military history holding." --James A. Cox, The Bookwatch (September 2012) ..".a ripping read." --David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com

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On 25 May 1944, 800 men of the 500th SS Parachute Battalion descended on Drvar, a town behind enemy lines in north-western Bosnia. Their aim was to kill or capture Tito, the leader of the partisan movement in the region. The plan was to land the battalion by glider and parachute in two waves which would be relieved the next day by a ground assault. Tito knew an attack was imminent but dismissed the idea of an airborne assault. The attempt to eliminate Tito was a colossal failure. The elite battalion had been decimated, with only 200 men fit for duty the next day. Inter-agency rivalry between the Abwehr and the SS had meant that intelligence was not shared, a problem exacerbated by a failure to exploit HUMINT about Tito's precise location and the adoption of a plan that did not take into account these intelligence limitations.

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• Verlag: Osprey Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184908601X
• ISBN 13: 9781849086011
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
• Zeichner: Shumate Johnny, Stacey Mark