 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Luftwaffe yakanga isina kujairika pakati pemasimba emhepo akazvimirira enguva iyoyo mukuva neuto reparatrooper rainzi Fallschirmjäger. Yakasimbiswa muna 1938, yakashandiswa mumabasa eparasite muna 1940 na1941 uye yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeFort Eben-Emael uye Hondo yeHague muna May 1940, uye panguva yeHondo yeKrete muna May 1941. Zvisinei, vanopfuura 4 000 veFallschirmjäger vakaurayiwa munguva yebasa reKrete. Pashure pacho, kunyange zvazvo vakaramba vachidzidziswa pakuendesa parachuti, maparatroopers aishandiswa chete pakuita parachuti pamabasa maduku, akadai sokununurwa kwaBenito Mussolini muna 1943. Fallschirmjäger maumbirwo ainyanya kushandiswa sechiuto chechiuto muhondo dzose dzehondo. Kurasikirwa kwavo kwakanga kuri 22,041 KIA, 57,594 WIA uye 44,785 MIA kusvika munaFebruary 1945. 