Today in 1944 the second battalion of the German 6th Parachute Regiment conducted a vigerous counterattack at the Belgian town of Geel and drove out the British forces youtube.com/watch?v=2T81d…
Today in 1944 the second battalion of the German 6th Parachute Regiment conducted a vigerous counterattack at the Belgian town of Geel and drove out the British forces youtube.com/watch?v=2T81d…
British troops of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, part of the British 50th Division, with an American paratrooper of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, in Avola. July 11, 1943.
Forrest Guth (left) and Floyd Talbert (right) of Easy Company 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, with French women in a Normandy field, June 6th, 1944 (WarHistoryOnline, Pinterest)
Approximately 280 paratroopers carried out a commemorative parachute jump onto fields near Sannerville, Normandy. The same fields served as Drop Zone 'K' for the 8th Parachute Battalion in the early hours of 6th June 1944. [SOUND] gfycat.com/valuablesparse…
12th Parachute Battalion, 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, enjoying a well-deserved a cup of tea after fighting their way back to their own lines after three days behind enemy lines
British troops of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, part of the British 50th Division, with an American paratrooper of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, in Avola, 11 July 1943
Monty wearing giant white gloves greets RSM A Parsons of 8 (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion during an inspection of 6th Airborne Division at Bulford [796 × 800] 8 March 1944
Solemn French Paratroopers of the 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion prepare to Airdrop into Dien Bien Phu, 1954
Trooper of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion - 6th Airborne Division (UK). England, June 1944. [600x627] imgur.com/5jPCxeV
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
British troops of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, part of the British 50th Division, with an American paratrooper of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, in Avola, 11 July 1943
Trooper of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion - 6th Airborne Division (UK). England, June 1944. [600x627] [xpost from r/OldSchoolCool sub by u/KatsumotoKurier]
Trooper of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion - 6th Airborne Division (UK). England, June 1944. [600x627] /u/KatsumotoKurier imgur.com/5jPCxeV
Pfc George A Guckenberger, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in his foxhole near Bastogne. Circa January 1945, He was killed in action on January 14th 1945, aged 22 [1167x1665]
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
African American paratroopers of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion prepare to jump from a Douglas C-47 to fight a wildfire. The unit made over 1,200 jumps as smokejumpers on wildfires throughout the Pacific Northwest as part of Operation Firefly. Wallowa Forest, OR. 1945
A Sherman tank and troops from the 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion, British 2nd Parachute Brigade together with their Greek allies, fighting against members of ELAS in Athens, December 18th
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
1st Parachute Battalion paratrooper Marines (paramarines) jump school, Summer 1941.
Members of the 500th SS-Parachute Battalion with ammunition supply during the conquer of the city of Drvar in Yugoslavia. The photo was taken at the end of May/beginning of June 1944.
An unknown British Paratrooper from the 10th Parachute Battalion photographs himself as he falls from a modified Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber in training at RAF Ringway, Cheshire, England, March 1943.
Members from 7 Medical Bn GP and 1 Parachute Battalion during a HALO jump exercise. [1152x864]
Pfc George A Guckenberger, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in his foxhole near Bastogne. Circa January 1945, He was killed in action on January 14th 1945, aged 22 [1167x1665]
Lt. Clifford Allen of Chicago, Illinois, stands in front of a C-47 to drop the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion. The “Triple Nickle” was the only African American parachute unit and was not ready in time to deploy to combat so they smoke-jumped to fight Japanese fire bombs of “Operation Fire Fly.”
Are both the 2nd and 3rd battalion of the Parachute regiment on high readiness
Wanted to know if both the 2nd and 3rd battalion of the Parachute regiment on high readiness or if it is only the 2nd battalion.
Lt. Clifford Allen of Chicago, Illinois, stands in front of a C-47 preparing to drop the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.
Lt. Colonel Benjamin "Vanddy" Vandervoort, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment commander on D-Day, June 6, 1944, after fracturing his ankle parachuting into occupied France [581x829]
Easy Company 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in Hitler's eagle's nest 1945. 'Band of brothers'
Why does the Parachute Regiment only have two battalions?
I get that the 4th is reserve and the 1st is SOF but curious considering how often the Paras get deployed (especially in Iraq/Afghanistan) why weren't they expanded in number?
Staff Sergeant William J. “Wild Bill” Guarnere Sr., of “Band of Brothers” fame, enlisted in the US Army Airborne on August 31, 1942. He soon became a NCO with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
British 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment on overwatch with their FN MAG L7 machine guns during the Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
New Guinea Campaign. Battle of Mount Tambu. August 1943. An Australian soldier from the 2/5th Battalion, 6th Division, fires his Thompson submachine gun at Japanese positions about 40 metres away. (640 x 485)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with U.S. soldiers from Co. E, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, just before they load up for the drop on Normandy on June 5, 1944. Most of the men in this photo were killed or wounded in battle a few hours later.
M4 Sherman from the 68th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division carries US infantry towards fighting in mid-January 1945
Soldiers of the 500th SS Parachute Battalion in coverage, supported by a StuG III assault gun. Lithuania, 1944
More photos of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) at the Baron Hotel after the PBIED Attack. reddit.com/gallery/pcnx4y
