This video tells the story of the American paratroopers the Germans called “Devils in Baggy Pants.” It follows the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment through Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, the Waal River, and ...

Airborne warfare reached its peak during World War II -- the only war in which the potential gains of using airborne tactics ever justified the great costs, both material and human. The revolutionary ...

In the first hours of D-Day in World War II, thousands of U.S. paratroopers were dropped deep behind German lines in Normandy ...

From paratroopers to airborne forces, the buildup -- Paratroopers at war -- Put to the test -- Between the campaign in the west and Crete -- Hell was a place called Crete -- Paratroopers in the Soviet ...