On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already ...

From paratroopers to airborne forces, the buildup -- Paratroopers at war -- Put to the test -- Between the campaign in the west and Crete -- Hell was a place called Crete -- Paratroopers in the Soviet ...

When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete. With the Italian navy unable to guarantee control of the seas, Adolf Hitler turned to his ...

This video tells the story of the American paratroopers the Germans called “Devils in Baggy Pants.” It follows the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment through Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, the Waal River, and ...

On December 16, 1944, eighteen American soldiers stood alone against 500 German paratroopers during the opening hours of the ...