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As elite German paratroopers descended on the island fortress of Crete in World War 2, locals described them as resembling "umbrellas falling from the sky." Russia Calls Trump ‘Emotional ...

Last but not least, the word Hummel is German for, you guessed it, "bumblebee" which is the nickname this vehicle was bestowed with. However, by all accounts, Hitler hated that name because he ...

British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex airfields on 24 March 1945, to be dropped directly on top of the German lines at the River Rhine. Paratroopers and gliders packed ...

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2. The spirals worked well to promote safety.

The stories of German soldiers who were based in Guernsey and died during World War Two have been documented in a book. Life Lives Beyond the Grave has been written by Simon Hamon, a retired ...

Dozens of veterans gave a hero's send-off to one of Britain's last-surviving Second World War paratroopers after ... Britain's way of dropping elite troops behind German lines.

When he saw Richard C. Meck Sr. clad in his black World War II cap, the young police officer from Bayeux, France, got tears in his eyes.