For the first time, the history of one of the most significant and
longest-lasting Luftwaffe combat units is presented. Operating against
Tito and his partisans in Yugoslavia, Nachtschlachtgruppe 7, and its
predecessor units Störkampfstaffel Kroatien and Südost, fought an
extraordinary war--one that was different from any other
Nachtschlachtgruppe in existence on either the eastern or western
fronts. The history of Nachtschlachtgruppe 7 is unbreakably cross-linked
with its sister unit Nahaufklärungsstaffel Kroatien, who eventually
became its 2.Staffel in Autumn 1943. Despite their obsolete
equipment--flying the Hs 126, Do 17 and He 46--they fought courageously
against Tito's forces until the end of the war.