Christopher Ailsby - Hitler's Sky Warriors, German Paratroopers in Action 1939-45 (2000).jpg

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The development of the German Fallschirmjager (parachutists) formations can be traced hack to the vears preceding World War I. During the vears between 1900 and 1914, two major revolutionary military developments emerged. The first was the submersible; the second, and more junior, was powered flight. All Europe was lascinated by the latter, being beguiled bv the fantasies and hysteria that surrounded it. In Germany in particular there was much interest shown in powered flight, although in Great Britain the relevant authorities were sceptical. In 1909, for example, the British Committee of Imperial I Mence reported that "it had vet to be shown whether aeroplanes are sufficiently reliable to be used under unfavourable weather conditions. The committee has been unable to obtain any trustworthy evidence to show whether any great improvement was to be expected in the immediate future". The high cost of an aeroplane, £ 1000, was noted and the committee concluded that £45,000 should be invested in airship research instead.

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