4th Paratrooper Division (Wehrmacht)
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4th Paratrooper Division |
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 Troop registration |
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| active | November 1943 to April 1945 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | air force |
| Branch of service | Paratroopers |
| Type | Paratrooper Division |
| structure | structure |
| Installation site | Perugia , Italy |
The 4th Fallschirmjäger-Division (short: 4th Fsjg.-Div. ) Was a major unit of the Luftwaffe of the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War . The division was set up on November 5, 1943 in the Perugia area in Italy . The large association was deployed in Italy throughout the war. Here the unit was also broken up by Allied troops on April 20, 1945 in the Padua area when retreating through the Po Valley towards the edge of the Alps .
literature
- Werner Haupt : mountain troops, paratroopers and others. German special divisions 1935–1945. Dörfler, 2001, ISBN 3-89555-906-7 .
- Volkmar Kühn : German paratroopers in World War II. Verlagshaus Würzburg, 2006, ISBN 978-3-88189-635-1 , pp. 410-429.
