About the book: 2012 / To the 80th anniversary of the Airborne Forces! The best book about the paratroopers of the Great Patriotic War! From the sky - into battle! Nobody but us! The Soviet airborne troops - the formidable “winged infantry” - received a baptism of fire back at Khalkhin Gol, but it was the experience of World War II that proved that relatively small but superbly trained elite units are capable of solving strategic problems. German paratroopers distinguished themselves in Crete and during the assault on Fort Eben-Emael, the American ones in Normandy and near Arnhem, and the Soviet ones not only during the Vyazemsk and Dnieper airborne operations, but also in the Demyansk cauldron. And although these operations were not crowned with complete victory, our paratroopers, fighting in the most difficult conditions, created a serious threat to the enemy rear, drew off significant enemy forces and inflicted heavy losses on the Germans: SS men from the “Totenkopf” division, operating near Demyansk against the 1st maneuverable airborne brigade, lost two-thirds of its personnel. In this publication, the classic work of M. Ya. Tolkach “In a given area” is supplemented with the best analytical materials of modern historians…