SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500/600 - Strafbataillon oder Eliteeinheit? Unternehmen Rösselsprung

While the Luftwaffe had maintained paratrooper units since 1936 and the Wehrmacht army also had airborne divisions, it wasn't until September 6, 1943, that the head of the SS, Himmler, was able to secure permission for the SS to establish its own paratrooper battalion. This battalion was to consist of half volunteers and half members of SS penal institutions, the so-called "probationary soldiers" or "B-soldiers." However, this doesn't definitively answer the question of whether Battalion 500 was actually a purely probationary unit, i.e., a penal battalion, or not. And also whether there was only the SS Parachute Battalion No. 500, which was later renamed No. 600, or whether there were two SS Parachute Battalions, namely No. 500 and No. 600. The video provides answers to all questions, from the day of its formation, through its costly deployment during Operation Rösselsprung in May 1944, the attack on Marshal Tito's headquarters, to its surrender in May 1945. Copyright Contemporary History in Image and Sound For further support of the channel, please visit:   / zeitgeschichteinbildundton   https://www.youtube.com/@zeitgeschich... PayPal - please email [email protected]