In Normandy, the Fallschirmjäger would go head to head with their equals - the 101st Airborne. After the successful capture of the La Barquette Lock on D-Day, Colonel Johnson and his men from the ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Sept. 1, 2015) ̶ For some, skydiving is crazy. Who wants to jump out of a perfectly good airplane? For others, like Lt. Col. Frank Hoelzner, it is fun and ...

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The German paratroopers established a reputation in Crete as an elite force. A battalion commander now led a new Fallschirmjäger regiment, deployed to Normandy in the spring of 1944 to the very area ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Though imperfect, the FG 42 had several important features in its favor. And they were some of the best weapons in the war. During the Second World War, Germany’s ...