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The Green Devils: German Paratrooper Elite 1942-1945

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Much better than I had hoped. Yes, there is much shown about the Allies and the SS in this DVD, but some of the segments, such as the jump school drop in France, is some of the best stuff I have seen. If you are a reenactor for the FJ, this is a must video. Be warned, it has the typical British slant (they won the war, America was just there for fun) but it is a good starting video and something you will want to watch more than once.

Most of the footage on this DVD comes from German WW2 newsreels and hence is quite biased with respect to showing paratrooper losses and defeats. Nevertheless, if you can overcome this weakness, it is quite good. German paratroopers are shown, primarily, in their ground role in the Italian fronts (with emphasis on Monte Casino and Sicily) and Western Front (with emphasis on Normandy). Unfortunately, there is just about no footage of these troops in other fronts (i.e., Eastern front). The DVD, as well as providing fairly good footage, also provides fairly good analysis, at least for the novice (anyone knowledgeable on the subject would know nearly everything discussed on the DVD), albeit in comes in the form of very monotone English accent. The level of analysis is definitely far better than what would find on documentaries presented on the topic on the History, Discovery or Military Channels. All and all a very good DVD.

This DVD is terrible. Cannot understand the announcer and nothing is quite clear. The old newsreels are mixed up with the Germans, the American and British. The guy that is the moderator is no help at all.

Not very well put together. Suggest you skip this one.