Cheap to produce, the airborne infantry ‘cricket’ was a lifesaver during the D-Day invasions. But who was it issued to? The debate continues today.   More »

The airborne drop into Sicily was costly but helped to secure the island.   More »

A secret mission to Rome for General Maxwell Taylor of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division narrowly averted disaster in the Italian campaign.   More »

A paratrooper, a beachmaster, a combat engineer, British commandos, and Vierville civilians all give their accounts of the Allied invasion of Normandy.   More »

These are the personal stories of the American D-Day airborne jump, and the paratroopers that managed to pull victory from the jaws of defeat.   More »

Lubbock, Texas once home to the U.S. Army’s largest glider pilot school now hosts the Silent Wings Museum.   More »

Despite suffering heavy casualties, Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6 continued to defend German positions in Normandy until nearly the end of the war.   More »

After American airborne troops took Ste.-Mere-Eglise and St.-Come-du-Mont, it was Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6’s job to keep the vital city of Carentan from the Yanks.   More »

A tough German parachute regiment was tasked with halting the Allied invasion of Normandy.   More »

Troopers of the U.S. 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions fought with distinction during the air-ground assault in the autumn of 1944.   More »