Some of Skorzeny's men after the successful attack on the Hotel at Gran Sasso mountain/Italy in order to liberate Mussolini (September 12, 1943). In spite of the fact that most of the participating soldiers were paratroopers of the Luftwaffe these heavy-armed troops are actually members of the Waffen-SS with ''Fallschirmjäger'' equipment.

Unternehmen Eiche (Operation Oak)

German paratroopers mounted a tank during the Battle of the Bulge. The tank should be Tiger II &quot;222&quot; of  schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 (heavy SS-tank battalion 501) at Kaiserbaracke once again.

German paratrooper in the Ardennes

German Paratrooper with flamethrower during the invasion of Crete.