The author Rüdiger Zimburg (1923-1993), a reserve colonel, joined the German paratroopers as a volunteer in 1941 during the Second World War and completed missions in Russia (Central Section and Orel), Italy (1943-45) and Austria (1945) in 1942/43. Most recently he commanded a battalion as a first lieutenant (war officer). In 1961 he was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Austrian Armed Forces and retired as a colonel in 1988. In his civilian profession he was a director at Semperit AG until 1983, and was also a sportsman, mountaineer, paraglider and skier. During a mountain tour he had a fatal accident near Bad Gastein in 1993.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Zimburg, Rüdiger
Title
Kriegserlebnisse eines Fallschirmjägers. Russland, Italien und Österreich 1941 - 1945
Details
Paperback. 304 pp.
State
new
Österreichischer Milizverlag Postfach 500 5071 Wals Österreich
