The 101st Airborne Division is the most famous paratroopers unit that served in World War II. It was nicknamed “screming eagles” because of the insignia (an eagle with an open beak) the soldiers...
The “Fallschirmjäger” were, during the war, merged in the fighting bodies of the Luftwaffe for a better coordination with the air forces. The conquest of Crete during operation Merkur, in May 1941,...