“We were told as paratroopers that we were the best, trained to be the best, and we felt that we were the best,” Burriss told soldiers at ... capture of an entire German Panzer division ...
A small group of World War II veterans and a ... and by the time the paratroopers arrived, Roberts said "it was getting a bit ...
A WW2 veteran ... or glide behind German lines in a bid to open up an attack route for allied forces. The fighting around Arnhem saw more than 1,500 British soldiers killed and nearly 6,500 ...
An extremely rare two-stroke Welbike built to carry British Paratroopers into battle in World War II, has come up for auction ... were faced with much fiercer German opposition than Allied ...
Lt. Gen. James Gavin was known for his role leading paratroopers during World War II and later as an innovator.
Born in Portsmouth, Sgt Cornell served with the 7th Parachute Battalion, earning a Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for his courage in 1944. He is credited with inspiring the character Lt Arthur ...
Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...
During the Allied invasion of Europe, Walter Perkowski led a patrol of fellow paratroopers in southern France against German troops ... his actions during World War II, said his daughter, Kathy ...