It actually often took longer than 5/6 hours for paratroopers to reform. Especially in instances of poor weather, the units were often very scattered when they landed or landed far from their intended targets. Look at Operation Market Garden or Torch. This issue wasn't limited to the allies. After the German use of paratroopers in the invasion of Crete, Hitler ordered that Germany paratroopers be utilized as foot infantry for the duration of the war.Peachez wrote:
t didn’t take the allied paratroopers of WW2 5/6 hours to get there gear together and press on to the objective as fast as possible, right?
8 Apr 2023, 19:38