Fallschirmjager Tropical Uniform

The Fallschirmjäger played a pivotal role during the Greece campaign, most notably in Operation Mercury, the airborne invasion of Crete. Though it resulted in a tactical victory for the Axis, the operation came at such a high cost that Hitler ordered a halt to all large-scale airborne assaults. This marked the final instance of the German paratroopers being deployed en masse by air, ending an era of bold vertical warfare.