German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) sitting with an MG-42 machine gun and observing the activity ahead of them; 1943.

Italian Front

German paratroopers are searching to make contact with the British defenders on the Mediterranean island of Crete; May, 1941.

Fallschirmjäger in Crete

German paratrooper; about to jump. France, 21 June 1944.

Ready to leave the aircraft

German paratroopers move to a new position in Italy. 
The one on the right is armed with a Panzerschreck anti-tank grenade launcher; September 1944.

German paratroopers ready for action

German paratroopers in a moment of rest during Operation Mercury on the island of Crete; May 20, 1941.

Surveying the terrain

A German Paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) carries on his back a wounded comrade to safety; Eastern Front, 1942. (Photo from the newspaper "Der Adler" #7) date 30 March, 1943.

Helping a wounded fellow warrior

German paratroopers with a group of British prisoners of war during the fighting for the Island of Crete, in the Mediterranean; May-June 1941.

British POWs

German paratroopers unload a BMW R-12 motorcycle from a Junkers (Ju 52) transport aircraft in Crete; May1941.

Unload a motorcycle

A group photo of German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) at an airfield before taking off for a combat operation. - No info. on date and location. 

Off to go to jump

Two German paratroopers are joined by a local arab in their watch positions in Tunisia, North. The open expanses of North Africa meant that Allied armor and troops were vulnerable to paratrooper’ machine-guns and anti-tank weapons, while the Germans suffered from Allied aircraft and artillery; November 1942-May 1943.

Desert watch

A German paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger), the moment before jumping out of an aircraft. Notice the knee protectors...

Most likely a training photo

A German paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) at the moment of jumping out of an aircraft.

Combat or training jump?

German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) at the moment of jumping out of a Ju-52 aircraft.

The moment of jump

German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) jump from a Ju-52 aircraft.

Jump from a Ju-52

German paratroopers of the 6th Parachute Regiment prepare to construct a temporary bunker during the final days of the Ardennes Offensive; Battle of the Bulge, January 1945.


Gather logs for a bunker

Soldiers of the 9th Wehrmacht Fallschirmjäger-Division (Parachute) in a defensive position on the Seelow Heights. They are armed with an MG 42 machine gun (center), and an StG 44 assault rifle (on the left) and a Panzerfaust grenade launcher(on the right), 90 kilometers east of Berlin, Germany; 16-19 April, 1945. 

Paratroopers on Seelow Heights

German paratroopers during the Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy; May-June, 1944.


In the ruined town

German machine gun crew from the 3rd Luftwaffe Parachute Division, armed with a captured American M1919A4 Browning machine gun, at a position in Oosterbeek, a suburb of Arnhem, Holland; 1944.

Paratroopers with machine gun

 The mortar teams of the 4. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division fire at the Anzio and Nettuno landing beaches (60 kms. south of Rome, Italy) from a 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35; February-March 1944. 
   The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 (10 cm NbW 35) was a heavy mortar, it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells. 

Battle of Anzio

Soldiers of the 4th Parachute Division (4. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division) load 88-mm Panzerschrek anti-tank grenade launchers (RPzB.54 Panzerschreck) into a Horch 901 (Horch 901 Kfz.15) all-terrain military passenger car; Italy, 1944.

Anti-tank weapons

A German paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) at the moment of jumping out of the aircraft.

Off he goes...

Two German soldiers collect a variety of captured or abandoned American arms and ammunition bandoliers. 
The soldiers belong to the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring; Italy, 1943-44. 
The Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring (1st Paratroop Panzer Division Hermann Göring - abbreviated Fallschirm-Panzer-Div 1 HG) was an elite German Luftwaffe armored division. The HG saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and on the Eastern Front. 

More than a handful

Upon hitting the ground, German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) organize themselves, recover parachute and take up combat positions... No date or location available.

From air to ground - attack...

German paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) jumping to an open field... Training jump, or...? - No information available.

Paratrooper in mid-air

German paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) moments after jumping out of the aircraft; another one soon to follow... 

German Paratroopers

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