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Soldiers of the battalion are getting ready for Operation Rösselsprung

The 500th SS-Parachute Battalion (German: SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500) was the airborne unit of the Waffen-SS. The idea to form a paratrooper unit within the Waffen-SS allegedly came directly from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.