Panzer Jaeger:

If you want to bandy about calling people liars at least provide some evidence for it. Thus far all I see is conjecture, assumption, and you behaving like a propaganda origin for the Third Reich.

Friedrich von der Heydte didn’t die until after the book came out. It is possible that he was interviewed.
It would be a bad idea for an author of history to put words in someone’s mouth they didn’t speak. Especially if they are still alive. More than that, the man was a politician and could stir up a peck of trouble if he thought he was slighted. I would guess that it is darn near certain that came from his own recollection.


I have been as curious as anyone as to why Winters still insisted that he attacked German Airborne forces.

I did a little more digging and found that the Gun Battery in question belonged to the 91st Luftlande-Infanterie , a Luftwaffe division designated as air landing in the spring of 44.


I had assumed that this would only mean they wore Luftwaffe insignia on their uniforms and not the distinctive helmets of the airborne troops. Which under combat conditions might have lead some to think it was a parachute infantry unit.

However, I did find one photo, attributed to the 22nd Luftlande-Infanterie that showed them wearing airborne helmets. So even that raises some doubts.

You have alleged lying, fraud, and conspiracy just for starters.

The burden of proof is on you and it grows ever heavier.