What began as a D-Day objective turned into a two-month siege. From desperate house-to-house fighting to tank duels in ...

On the paper, the size of the operation approached the German airborne invasion of Crete the previous summer, which numbered some 14,000 paratroopers and suffered high casualties.

The Most Decorated Platoon of WWII - How 22 Men Stopped 500 German Paratroopers?

CRETE, Greece--Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Special Troops Battalion conducted a staff ride, terrain-walk, and airborne operation here from April 20-24, 2015 to gain lessons from ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A paratrooper who took part in the D-Day invasion and was later shot in the head by a German sniper has been posthumously awarded medals for his service. The widow of Edward ...