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	Fallschirmjäger: The West 1939-40
		German paratroopers drift to the ground during the attack on Norway in April 1940.
		The German Blitzkrieg was unleashed on Poland on 1 September 1939.
		A vital part of the German attack was an assault against key points in the defences of Holland and Belgium, which would focus the Allies' attention away from the main thrust: through the wooded country of the Ardennes.
	www.germanwarmachine.com /fallschirmjager/thewest193940.htm (2797 words)

	Fallschirmjäger: Italy part 1
		However, the machine-gun battalion and the newly arrived 3rd Parachute Regiment mounted a counterattack a few hours later which retook the bridge.The Germans crossed the river to the east, and under attack from three directions the remnants of the 1st Parachute Brigade were forced to withdraw into a small perimeter to the south.
		Under the command of Generalmajor Bernhard Ramcke, it was composed of the 2nd Parachute Regiment, an artillery battalion from the remnants of Ramcke's brigade that served in North Africa, and the 4th Battalion of the Luftlande-Sturmregiment (Airlanding Assault Regiment).
		The 4th Parachute Division was in command of the Western Sector, and was deployed south of the River Tiber near Terracina.
	www.germanwarmachine.com /fallschirmjager/italy1.htm (3813 words)

	101st Airborne Division: The Story of the 101st Airborne Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet: Lone Sentry
		The 2nd and 3rd Bns., 501st Parachute Inf.; 1st Bn., 401st Glider and a battery of the 81st AA A/T Bn.
		Twice the division was alerted and moved to departure airdromes to await the battle signal.
		The division passed to the offensive Jan. 9 and took Noville and Bourcy as its contribution to the advance on Houffalize and final liquidation of the German salient.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/101stairborne (5489 words)

	502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment - 101st Airborne Division
		As the men of the Deuce assembled, the groups headed past Division HQ at Hiesville and reformed at la Croix Pan and Blosville, along the N-13, north of St Come du Mont. They migrated south and received their toughest mission of the war: to spearhead the drive south along the N13 Carentan Causeway.
		Day and night, the Deuce, with 2nd Bn in reserve, fought along the single, elevated road, doggedly advancing even as they were picked off like clay pigeons by Germans firing from the swamps on either side of the road.
		Germans of the 15th Army, migrating east toward the German border, were thrown into the fighting near Best in increasing numbers.
	www.airborne101st.com /grouphistory.html (1449 words)

	Battle of Monte Cassino - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		However, despite the fiercest fighting, the 34th Division never managed to take the final redoubts on Hill 593 (known to the Germans as Calvary Mount), held by the 3rd batllion of the German 2nd Parachute Regiment, the dominating point of the ridge to the monastery.
		Paratroopers of German 1st Parachute Division occupied the ruins of the abbey and turned it into a fortress that withstood all that was thrown at them for the next three months.
		The exhausted 4th Indian Division and 2 New Zealand Division were withdrawn and replaced respectively in the mountains by British 78th Division and in the town by British 1st Guards Brigade.
	www.sanpablocaus.com /section/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino (6879 words)

	Normandy Campaign - Rolland Despres, 4th platoon, B Company, 1 Bn, 331st IR, 83rd Infantry Division
		The Carentan sector was heavily defended by elements of the crack 6th parachute regiment of the 2nd Parachute Division and the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division.
		The 83rd was to be augmented by artillery of the 9th Division along with tanks of the 1st Bn, 66th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division, the 746th Tank and 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalions.
		Opposing the 83rd were some of the finest troops in the world, The 6th fallschirmjaeger Parachute Regiment of the 2nd Parachute Division, the 17th SS ‘GOTZ VON BERLICHGEN’ Panzer Grenadiers, and elements of the 2nd SS “DAS REICH” Panzer Division.
	www.angelfire.com /va2/worldwar2family/rolland1.html (2917 words)

	Fallschirmjäger: Organisation & Training
		After a demonstration parachute jump, during which the jumper injured himself and had to be carried off on a stretcher, sufficient officers and men - 600 - volunteered for parachute training.
		Although the German occupation of the Sudetenland (the mountainous area between Bohemia and Silesia) in the autumn of 1938 did not require the use of military force, Student's new "division" took part as an exercise.
		For example, Generalmajor Heinrich Trettner, commander of the 4th Parachute Division, did not attend parachute school, and was thus not awarded the Parachutists' Badge.
	www.germanwarmachine.com /fallschirmjager/organisation.htm (2166 words)

	russia.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 2nd Regiment along with the 4th Battalion of the Assault Regiment and one kompanie from the Anti-Tank and MG Battalions were formed into a kampfgruppe and sent to the Ukraine to bolster German forces.
		In March 1942, the 2nd Regiment was moved from the south to the Volkhov front in the north near to the area where their comrades in the 1st Regiment had fought the previous year.
		All defence was in vain, on the 2nd May 1945, General Karl Wiedling surrendered the city to the Russians and the remnants of the 9th Parachute Division went into Soviet captivity.
	www.eagle19.freeserve.co.uk /russia.htm (6789 words)

	German Organizations
		By the end of 1943, a reinforced German army consisted of 23 divisions; 215,000 troops engaged in the south and 265,000 in reserve in the north.
		During the Po Valley Campaign, the 305th Division defended positions east of Bolgona and on April 20, 1945, the division was caught in a pincher.
		General Baade lead this division during the North African campaign and it was one of the outstanding divisions of the Africa Korps.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/GermanOrg.htm (2821 words)

	Third Battle at Cassino
		On February 20, Baade's Division was relieved by the 3rd Parachute Regiment, which took over the defense of the town and the hill.
		The 2nd New Zealand Corps was to continue the its attack and capture the high ground near Cassino and establish a bridgehead across the Rapido and then attack in a north-western direction.
		German casualties, caused by the attack on March 15th and the heavy artillery fire, have been severe.
	www.battleofmontecassino.com /Monte2.htm (1698 words)

	Tarrackin's UK Parachute Regiment page
		The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne spearhead for those operations in which the British Army is involved. They must be able to be deployed rapidly and capable of fighting in any environment; arctic, jungle, desert or urban surroundings (FIBUA or Fighting in Built Up Areas).
		The 82nd Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps which includes the 101st Air Assault Division, the 10th Mountain Division (Light) and 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized).
		A 2nd Brigade task force was attached to the 6th French Light Armored Division becoming the far left flank of the Corps.
	juni0r.orcon.net.nz /paraspage.html (4107 words)

	Comando Supremo: Events of 1941
		German air force warns Rommel that they would be unable to support a further advance.
		The 1st and 2nd Battalions of this Reggiment stopped the 11th Indian Brigade, the 4th Armored Brigade and the 1st S.A division from the period of December 2nd to the 7th, 1941, protecting the back of DAK saving the Italo-Geman army.
		The Italian Carabinieri Parachute battalion joins the battle against the Commonwealth forces with the other Italo-German forces and charged to protect the "Ariete" Division, which was withdrawing after a successful attack of British armored forces.
	www.comandosupremo.com /1941.html (4875 words)

	The Central Europe Campaign, Page 2 - The 35th Infantry Division in World War Two
		The bulk of the German Armies which could have been used now in their defense of the Rhine were in cemeteries, or hospitals, or in P.O.W. camps, the result of the failed Hitler battles West of the Rhine and East of the Oder River along the bitterly contested Russian front.
		The 79th Division crossed the Rhine n somewhat similar fashion at 2300 hours except that the fog and smoke generated in their area later in the night clung to the river affecting visibility.
		The 79th Division was changing the direction of its attack to the southeast toward the Rhine-Herne Canal and into this developing breach between those American divisions was sent one of our regiments, the 134th Infantry, fighting as a task force “Miltonberger” were the first 35th Divisionnaires to enter the battle.
	www.35thinfdivassoc.com /CentralEurope/Europe-Page-2.shtml (2388 words)

	Italy at War
		Consequently, the number of German divisions in the Eastern Mediterranean region was increased to 14.
		Near Taranto, a british airborne division went ashore, faced only by weak elements of the German 1st Parachute Division, which were able to conduct a successful defence despite their being outnumbered.
		The German counterattack against the bridgehead, launched on 16 February, very nearly achieved success, but it was discontinued just at the time when the Allies were also throwing their last man in the battle and were seriously considering going back to their ships.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /id105.htm (5052 words)

	Regimental Colours and Battle Honours of the Parachute Regiment
		The Parachute Regiment was formed as the result of a call by Winston Churchill, in June of 1940, for the raising of 'a corps of at least five thousand parachute troops'.
		The Parachute Regiment formally established as a regiment in 1942.
		Second Colours of The Parachute Regiment were presented by Her Majesty The Queen to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, and first Colours to the 4th(Volunteer) Battalion at Rushmoor Area, Aldershot on July 15th 1974.
	members.tripod.com /~audgen/parahonours1.htm (1150 words)

	Italian Organizations
		The Fascists element that was loyal to Mussolini remained loyal to the Germans and the new puppet Italian government.
		Made up of 4 divisions and smaller autonomous units that were organized from the Italians that had been interned by the Germans when Italy surrendered.
		The motto of the Italian SS Division was "Per l'Onore e per la Vita" which was similar to German SS unit's motto "Meine Ehre heisst Treue".
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/ItalianOrg.htm (2685 words)

	Germany 3
		In addition to the coveted Blood Order medal, he wears the German Order, which Hitler himself is reported to have called the highest of all German decorations.
		Later in the war the 7th Air Division's Fallschirmjäger assets were reorganized and used as the core of a new series of elite Luftwaffe infantry divisions, numbered in a series beginning with the 1st Fallschirmjäger Division.
		On his cap is pinned the metal parachute badge of the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment in the Italian Theatre, which was an official German badge manufactured in Italy.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-uniforms/germany3.htm (1633 words)

	501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
		The 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (501 PIR) lineage can be traced back to the 29th Infantry Regiment which spawned a vounteer group known as the Parachute Test Platoon on June 26, 1940.
		The nucleus of this unit provided part of the cadre, the unit number, the genealogical lineage and the heraldic background of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment which was activated in Toccoa, GA on 15 November 1942 under the command of Colonel Howard R Johnson.
		Similar to the Germans assault of four years earlier, the Allies initial plan for September 17,1944 was to use the paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd and 101st U.S. Airborne Divisions and England's First Airborne Division in a daring daylight drop into Holland.
	www.506pireasyco.com /501st_parachute_infantry_regimen.htm (1421 words)

	The 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) during WW II
		The nucleus of this unit provided part of the cadre, the unit number, the genealogical lineage and the heraldic background of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment which was activated in Toccoa, GA on 15 November 1942 under the command of Colonel Howard R Johnson.
		Similar to the Germans assault of four years earlier, the Allies initial plan for September 17,1944 was to use the paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd and 101st U.S. Airborne Divisions and England's First Airborne Division in a daring daylight drop into Holland.
		Sampson of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment sits astride a captured German motorcycle given him by one of the troopers.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /units/501/501.html (1994 words)

	Avalanche Press
		Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, an experienced parachute commander, was on attached duty with the Italian Folgore parachute division.
		Ramcke’s troops fought in mixed battle groups alongside Folgore battalions and battalions from the Italian Brescia Division and the German 90th Light Division.
		Ramcke escaped to be promoted to command 2nd Parachute Division, which he led during its brief deployment in Russia in 1943.
	www.avalanchepress.com /Ramcke.php (821 words)

	Fourth Battle at Cassino
		The German Tenth Army headquarters in Avezzano, as well as the XIV Corps headquarters, are both buried under a carpet of bombs.
		German artillery continues to concentrate its fire on the bridges over the Rapido, but as soon as a battery opens fire, a swarm of Allied fighter-bombers quickly bombs it.
		The German paratroops (169K Jpeg) defending the monastery were never truly defeated, instead they were forced to withdraw because of the general situation confronting the Tenth Army.
	www.battleofmontecassino.com /Monte3.htm (2256 words)

	Charles D. W. Canham, Major General, United States Army
		Upon entrance to the German command headquarters of General Ramcke, commander of the German 2nd.
		After the war, Canham was Assistant Division Commander of the 82nd Airborne and later became Commanding General of the 82nd.
		Taken from the motto of the Army's 8th Infantry Division, it came from the reply of assistant division commander Brigadier General Charles Canham, during World War II, to a German general who refused to surrender until he saw the American general's credentials.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cdwcanhan.htm (752 words)

	2nd Engineer Battalion
		On 1 July 1965 the 2nd Engineer Battalion was transferred to Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division, less personnel and equipment.
		In September of 1917 the Regiment was assigned to the 2d Division and was one of the first to sail for France where it began fighting as Infantry in the Battle of Chateau Thierry.
		The Division was committed soon after landing at Pusan and spearheaded a drive north to the Yalu River where the Communist Chinese Intervention began.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/2eng.htm (1262 words)

	Parachute Regiment
		The main aim of having a Parachute Unit to any country is for quick deployment of the solders behind enemy lines to attack the enemy from behind & destroy their first line of defence.
		The parachute units of the Indian Army are among the oldest airborne units in the world.
		In 1944, it was decided to form a division (44th Indian Parachute Division) & at the same time the formation of the Indian Parachute Regiment as a separate entity was authorized.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/rgt-para.htm (988 words)

	501 History
		The 501st, with the rest of the division, moved from initial objective areas to positions on "the island" between the Waal and Rhine Rivers; it became clear that we would not be withdrawn from Holland after a few days, as we had been told; our combat skills were too much needed by the British.
		On 01 September 1957, the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 501st Infantry as an organic element of the 82nd Airborne Division, and activated at Ft. Bragg, NC (concurrently, organic elements constituted and activated at Ft. Bragg).
		The 2nd Battalion, 501st, while attached to the 3rd Brigade, 101st, received a Presidential Unit Citation for heroic actions of all elements of that brigade, in the bloody fight at Hill #937, in the Ashau Valley.
	www.thedropzone.org /units/501history.html (2455 words)

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		Assigned in August 1942, to the 101st Airborne Division, the 502d PIR entered combat on the night of 5-6 June 1944, as the Regiment’s Pathfinders led the way for the Division’s jump into Normandy, France, on D-Day.
		The German’s had launched a major offensive into the Ardennes region of Belgium, which threatened to break the Allied line and drive to the sea.
		On January 17th the 11th Armored Division relieved the 101st and they were sent back to refit and train for the invasion of Berlin.
	www.327gir.com /502PIR.html (1404 words)

	Avalanche Press
		In June, the 1st Marine Division began to move to New Zealand, and took the 1st Parachute Battalion with it to make good the numbers lost when units had been detached to the 3rd Marine Brigade for garrison duty in Samoa.
		The division command conducted two brief division-scale rehearsals in Fiji, which went poorly for all the division’s elements, the parachute battalion included.
		The 2nd Parachute Battalion joined the 1st in New Caledonia in January 1943 and the 3rd Parachute Battalion arrived in March.
	www.avalanchepress.com /ParachuteMarines.php?mode=print (1215 words)

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