On the eve of the D-Day invasion, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower spent the remaining hours of daylight with the paratroopers who were about to jump behind German lines into occupied France. A single moment ...

Soldiers in the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne divisions fought together on D-Day 80 years ago, but they carry on a fierce rivalry over hallowed spots the two liberated across Normandy. The latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Paratroopers jump into Normandy to pay tribute to the soldiers who parachuted in on D-Day in Sannerville, Normandy ...

Germany conducted the first large-scale airborne invasion in history by deploying elite paratroopers against a heavily ...

President Biden began a state visit to France on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied Forces' landmark D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France. That massive American, British and ...

After the costly airborne invasion of Crete, Germany’s elite paratroopers were pulled into the grinding war in the East, not ...

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 ...

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA — Over 500 multinational paratroopers including U.S., German and French, began follow-on airborne and air-land training during Talisman Sabre 25 in the early hours of July 21st, ...

Two paratroopers in the U.S. armed forces were injured shortly before a University of Arizona baseball game after they appeared to suffer a hard landing. The Tucson Fire Department posted April 12 on ...

Russia is using elite paratroopers as regular infantry, the UK MOD said. The VDV force isn't at full strength and is being used to help overstretched Russian lines, it said. The VDV's hierarchy is ...

PARIS (Reuters) - British paratroopers recreating an airdrop behind German defences to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day were met by French customs officials at a makeshift border checkpost. Moments ...