The 1st Infantry Division , better known as “the big red one”, represents the prototype of U.S. Infantry troops during World War II. It took part in Operation Torch (November 1942), the landing in...
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,...