“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 ...
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 ...
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday asked for forgiveness as he visited a Greek village destroyed by Nazi troops during World War II. "I ask you, the survivors and descendants, for ...