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Hrvatski Orlovi: Paratroopers of the Independent State of Croatia, 1942-1945

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When you are interested in paratroopers then this could be an addition to your knowledge as there are little to no books write about the Paratroopers of the Independent State of Croatia. It is a pity that there are no maps in this book that support the mentioned battles. There is no mentioning of how the Irvine parachutes ended up in Croatia. Their is little to no text dedicated to the parachutes used in Croatia so for this subject you do not need to buy the book. The book is ideal for those readers that have an eye problem as it looks like the text has been printed in letter size 15

This is another in a series of privately published books covering an arcane subject, although the book was brief I gained a lot of information about the Croatian airborne forces. It was interesting to note that the Croatian para's never made a combat jump but were used as regular infantry, many of them were executed after the war if captured by Russian troops or Croatian partisans. My only two criticisms would be that the photos in the back of the book are interesting but of poor print quality and it is hard to visualize uniform details and insignia. The author does not discuss insignia of the para forces, when the paratrooper badge was created, statutes for award, grades of the badge if any, and or other insignia that might have been worn by the Croatian paratroop forces etc.