SOUDA BAY, Greece -- The Battle of Crete ... Sixty years ago on Sunday, thousands of German paratroopers launched themselves onto Crete in an unprecedented airborne invasion.

WITH AMERCAN AIRBORNE TROOPS, Ste. Mere Eglise, France, June 8 (delayed) — One-and-a-half hours after American paratroopers hit the DZ (Drop Zone) the American flag flew over the vital communications ...

On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter, the German ... that gave the battle its name. Stories spread of the massacre of Soldiers and civilians at Malmedy and Stavelot, of paratroopers dropping ...

WWII Prisoner of War Arthur Leggett fought against the Italian army in Libya and was captured by German paratroopers in the ...

An inside look at a paratrooper’s book, “Damn the Valley,” about a deployment to Afghanistan, and the effect it had on those ...

Their faces were daubed with red, black, green and white war paint, their heads shorn ... Beyond the standard paratrooper’s armament, they carried the most bizarre equipment ever seen in modern ...

who fought and fell in the Battle of Crete. Source: SBS Greek / Panos Apostolou Many Allied troops were either sent or escaped to Crete, where they faced another German attack. On 20 May ...

Seventy six years have passed today since the battle that changed the way World War II was development and that is the famous Battle of Crete. More on this battle that lasted for 10 days with many ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 - German Campaign In the new campaign, you'll be able to see the war from the perspective of an ordinary officer.

Bob Tucker)Ángel del Pozo (Freiber)Anna Matzourani Fernando Sancho (Manousos Kallergis)Giorgos Siskos Vasilis Georgiadis During the German invasion of Crete, a unit of the Greek army, with heroic ...