Part I. --The theory of airborne warfare and its application by the Germans -- The airborne theory -- Ideas take wing -- Into battle -- Balkan adventure -- Crete -- Part II. -- Airborne actions worldwide -- 'Red Devils' and 'The toughest paratroopers in the world' -- Initiative in Allied hands -- 'Do-it-yourself' airborne warfare -- Normandy -- Opportunity -- Frustration -- Victory -- Part III. -- Post-war events and the future -- The Fifties -- The Sixties -- The future -- Appendix 1 -- The World War II organisation and composition of land and air forces -- Appendix 2 -- Proposed German airborne operations in the Near East.