This study by the U.S. War Department concerned the tactical uses of German airborne forces throughout the course of the war; from the Battle of Crete to the Battle of the Bulge: "In Russia, the Balkans, and the December 1944 counteroffensive in the Ardennes, units varying in strength from a platoon to a battalion have been landed behind enemy lines to disrupt communications, to seize such key points as railroads, roadheads, bridges and power stations."
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