When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete. With the Italian navy unable to guarantee control of the seas, Adolf Hitler turned to his ...

In Normandy, the Fallschirmjäger would go head to head with their equals - the 101st Airborne. After the successful capture of the La Barquette Lock on D-Day, Colonel Johnson and his men from the ...

In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder I take a look at the incredible Airborne Museum in the Normandy town of Sainte Mère Église, famous for it being the first town liberated by US Forces on D-DAY, 6th ...

Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, made up of major forces from the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada and 12 other Allied nations. Some 23,400 airborne troops landed in Normandy from 822 ...

Actors from Band of Brothers television series holding a commemorative 48 star firebrand flag in the jump landing zone outside of Carentan, France. Members of the 101st and 82nd airborne, Firebrand ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — NOTE: The full 1-on-1 interview can be found at the bottom of this article and either on WeAreIowa+ or the Local 5 News YouTube channel. This Friday marks 81 years since one of ...

Eighty years ago, the liberation of Europe from the horrors of the Nazis began with Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. Nearly 200,000 thousand soldiers, principally Americans, Brits ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from 101st Airborne in Normandy IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 6, 1944, the soldiers of the 101st Airborne were handed one of the toughest assignments of ...

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