In seinem Buch "Citizien Soldiers" schreibt Ambrose folgendes über die 3.Fallschirmjägerdivision:
(Stand 10. Juni 1944)
"Indeed, the Fallschirmjäger were perhaps the best-armedn infantrymen in the world in 1944. The 3rd FJ had 930 light machine guns, eleven times as many as its chief opponent, the U.S. 29th Division. Rifle companies in the FJ had twenty MG 42s and 43 submachine guns; rifle companies in the 29th had two machine guns and nine BARs. At the squad level, the GIs had a single BAR; the German parachute squad had two MG 42s and three submachine guns. The Germans had three times as many mortars as the Americans, and heavier ones. So in any encounter between equal numbers of Americans and Fallschirmjäger, the Germans had from six to twenty times as much firepower."
Ist das so richtig? Also besonders von deutscher Seite aus, war die 3. FJD wirklich so stark bewaffnet? Ich schreibe Facharbeit über dieses Buch, also ich möchte das Buch mit der Realität vergleichen, und es fällt mir oftmals schwer wahrheitsgetreue Berichte zu den Zeiten zu finden, auf die er sich bezieht. Also hier 10. Juni 1944...
Hoffe ihr könnt mir helfen!
Grüße Christian
