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British soldiers surrender in Crete. May 1941. German Federal Archive/Franz Peter Weixler.

Was Invading Crete With Paratroopers Hitler's Worst Military Mistake?

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Russian Paratroopers Just Received a New Weapons of War

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Why the 82nd Airborne Had So Many Problems Taking Sainte-Mere-Eglise

Major-General Freyberg (right), Allied Commander at the Battle of Crete. May 1941. Imperial War Museum.

Britain's Heroic Last Stand At Crete Killed Hitler's Dream of a Paratrooper Army

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How the Nazis Used Paratroopers to Invade Denmark and Norway

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Russia May Not Have Enough Planes for Its Paratroopers

Joint Forcible Entry: How America Plans to Rapidly Seize Enemy Air Fields

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Death From Above: These Were the Largest Airborne Operations of World War II

Invasion of Crete: The First (and Only) Major German Airborne Operation of World War II

Scandinavian Airborne Assault: Hitler's Conquest of Denmark and Norway

Why Didn't Russian Paratroopers Play a Greater Role in World War II?

Operation Stösser: Nazi Germany's Last Great Airborne Offensive at the Battle of the Bulge

In 1945, U.S. Paratroopers Rescued 2,000 Prisoners From a Japanese Internment Camp

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