German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) at Pomigliano d'Arco airfield near Naples, Italy, preparing to leave for Sicily; 1943. 

Fallschirmjägers ready to go

A soldier of the 1st Fallschirmjäger Division overlooking the area, while manning a machine gun in front of the city of Cassino, at the foot of Monte Cassino, Italy; February 15-March 21, 1944.  

Battle for Monte Cassino

German machine-gun crew from the Luftwaffe 3rd Parachute Division, armed with an M1919A4 captured American Browning machine gun, at a position in Osterbeek, 5 kms west of Arnhem, the Netherlands; September, 1944. 