The German Paratroopers of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6, also known as FJR6 would face their American counterparts of the 101st Airborne on D-Day, behind Utah Beach on the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy ...

Cone says the president of the German paratrooper association shook ... mannequins dressed as soldiers wearing authentic WWII helmets and uniforms, all standing or crouching in lifelike positions ...

Sixteen million men and women served in uniform during World War II ... but it was based — loosely — on a true-to-life WWII paratrooper regiment. Jake McNiece led the group, whose exploits ...