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Airborne forces
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Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in airborne units
United States Air Force paratroopers from the 720th Special Tactics Group jumping from a C-130J Hercules aircraft during water rescue training off the
United States Air Force paratroopers from the 720th Special Tactics Group jumping from a C-130J Hercules aircraft during water rescue training off the Florida panhandle
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth talking to paratroopers in preparation of D-Day, 19 May 1944
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth talking to paratroopers in preparation of D-Day, 19 May 1944
Paratroopers of the 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Airborne Division, inside an RAF Dakota (C-47) during the flight to Arnhem, 17 September 1944
Paratroopers of the 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Airborne Division, inside an RAF Dakota (C-47) during the flight to Arnhem, 17 September 1944
Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with American paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on the evening of 5 June 1944
Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with American paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on the evening of 5 June 1944.
Fallschirmjäger
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The Fallschirmjäger were the airborne forces branch of the Luftwaffe before and during World War II. They were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations. They were comm
Airborne forces
…resulting in confusion. As a result, Luftwaffe General Kurt Student was put in overall command of developing a paratrooper force to be known as the Fallschirmjäger. During the invasions of Norway and Denmark in Operation Weserübung, the Luftwaffe dropped paratroopers on several locations. In Denmark, a small unit…
A paratroop crew firing a mortar
A paratroop crew firing a mortar
Burning German Junkers Ju 52s at Ypenburg, Netherlands, in 1940
Burning German Junkers Ju 52s at Ypenburg, Netherlands, in 1940
Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete in 1941
Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete in 1941
German paratroopers prepare to be flown to the Greek island of Leros in 1943.
German paratroopers prepare to be flown to the Greek island of Leros in 1943.