Soldiers of the 3. Fallschrim-Jäger-Division in a peaceful resting moment in Saint-Lô. In June 1944 the Division joined to the 352. Infanterie-Division in the defence battles of Saint-Lô. During the battle, the well trained, and equipped Fallschirmjägers caused heavy losses with their Panzerfaust 30s, and Panzerschrecks on the tank units of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division. Saint-Lô, the capital of the department of Manche, was captured by Task Force C of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division on July 18th, 1944. The city was an important strategic objective, and was heavily damaged during the Battle of Normandy. (By Bazooka Joe)

Fallschirmjäger

Happy, cheer, and young soldiers of the Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 6. They are moving to retake - recapture the town of Carentan, after Oberstleutnant Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte ordered the Regiment (or what's left of it), to abandon the town and retreat from it, after they fought bloody defensive battles in and around the town with the Reigiments of the 101st Airborne Division. The battle took from	June 10th to 14th 1944. (By Bazooka Joe)

A Luftwaffe Lieutenant marries in absence of the bride (German: Ferntrauung). A romantic flair was created by a Hermann Göring portrait and a PaK 38. Normandy/France, summer 1944. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-584-2153-12)