At this time, reinforcements from Maleme arrived to assist the original Fallschirmjäger, including German panzers, and the Australians soon found themselves outgunned and surrounded.
Fallschirmjäger Regiment Hübner - or Kampfgruppe Hübner - was formed as an alarm unit in August 1944, attached to Fallschirmjäger Division Erdmann in September 1944, and operated as an independent Battle Group from November 1944 until March 1945, when it was formally designated Fallschirmjäger Regiment (FJR) 24 and subordinated to the 8. Fallschirmjäger Division.
This contains exaggerated drawings of German infantrymen, panzer crew and parachutists.
Following the outbreak of war in 1938, aged 18 or 19, de la Vigne was called up to the Wehrmacht and joined the Fallschirmjäger, however was captured in May 1940 and held captive in Rotterdam until the end of the Battle of France.
The Americans capture 65 paratroopers from the Fallschirmjäger Regiment 13 of the 5th Fallschirmjäger Division.
Although it was never given a formal organizational structure, it was quickly organized along the lines of a standard infantry division, but composed of a variety of German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units, Tunis Field Battalions and Africa March (replacement) Battalions, as well as an Italian Regiment.
Gustav Altmann was leader of Assault Group Steel (Sturmgruppe Stahl) of the Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch" during the opening phase of the Battle of France and the attack on Fort Eben-Emael.
Two Tunis Field Battalions, T3 and T4, were incorporated into Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, a provisional infantry division formed from a variety of Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units, Italian infantry, and other units scraped together from Rommel's Army.