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German Airborne Forces
The history of the German Fallschirmjäger began when the Regiment ‘General Goering’ was created from the transfer of a Berlin Police Unit into the newly formed Luftwaffe (Air Force
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Russian Airborne Forces
Parachuting and gliding was a national sport for young and old in Russia during the 1930s.
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United States Airborne Forces
General William ‘Billy’ Mitchell the head of America’s Air Service in Europe at the end of the First World War proposed a parachute assault on the city of Metz from giant Handley-
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Italian Airborne Forces
The Italians were among the very first to see the potential of airborne warfare, dropping agents behind Austrian lines during World War I.
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Polish Airborne Forces
In 1936 the Poles opened a parachute training school at Legionowo near Warsaw, run on the same lines and much influenced by the Russian experience.
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Japanese Airborne Forces
Training for Japanese paratroopers began in early 1940 at four training schools at Shimonsiki, Shizvoka, Hiroshima and Himeji.
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South African Airborne Forces
The first South African airborne unit formed in August 1943 when an Air Force parachute platoon was established. It was disbanded before its training was completed.
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