▁bomb ard ment ▁of ▁Part isan ▁positions ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Dr var ▁by ▁Luft wa ffe ▁aircraft , ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁par ach ute ▁and ▁gl ider ▁assault ▁by ▁the ▁ 5 0 0 th ▁SS ▁Par ach ute ▁Battalion ▁who ▁had ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁capt uring ▁or ▁killing ▁T ito ▁and ▁destroy ing ▁his ▁headquarters . ▁The ▁assault ▁also ▁included ▁tasks ▁to ▁capture ▁or ▁destroy ▁the ▁Al lied ▁military ▁miss ions ▁to ▁the ▁Part is ans . ▁On ▁the ▁same ▁day , ▁ground ▁elements ▁of ▁XV ▁Mountain ▁Corps ▁were ▁to ▁conver ge ▁on ▁Dr var ▁to ▁link ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁ 5 0 0 th ▁SS ▁Par ach ute ▁Battalion . ▁A ▁small ▁reconna issance ▁aircraft ▁was ▁task ed ▁to ▁fly ▁into ▁Dr var ▁after ▁its ▁capture ▁to ▁retrieve ▁T ito ▁or ▁his ▁body . ▁▁ 5 0 0 th ▁SS ▁Par ach ute ▁Battalion ▁Ry b ka ▁received ▁an ▁outline ▁of ▁the ▁operation ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁May , ▁and ▁more ▁details ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁He ▁real ised ▁that ▁the ▁gl iders ▁and ▁transport ▁aircraft ▁would ▁be ▁ins u fficient ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 0 0 th ▁SS ▁Par ach ute ▁Battalion ▁to ▁be ▁delivered ▁to ▁Dr var ▁in ▁one ▁lift , ▁so ▁he ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁plan ▁involving ▁two ▁waves . ▁The ▁first ▁wave ▁of ▁ 6 5 4 ▁troops ▁would ▁conduct ▁the ▁assault ▁at ▁ 0 7 : 0 0 ▁and ▁a ▁second ▁wave ▁of ▁ 2 2 0 ▁troops ▁would ▁follow ▁about ▁five