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 (Fallschirmjäger) jump from a Ju-52 aircraft.