Despite the parachute troops being widely scattered, they managed to complete all of their objectives.

Heilmann joined the parachute troops on 18 June 1940.

This was the longest operational flight ever made by parachute troops.

About midday, the second wave of parachute troops were dropped in two groups to the west of the cemetery.

These volunteers would form a cadre for a future Fallschirmtruppe ("parachute troops").

"The day of parachute troops is over," the F@uhrer said, and the future had dimmed for Student.

Winston Churchill was convinced, however, that the island could not be taken by parachute troops.

If they do what you expect, then this amphibious force will start moving in to support the parachute troops within a few hours.

Further field testing convinced Student that a vehicle was needed to deliver the heavy weapons for the lightly armed parachute troops.

In the 1960s, it went back to the use of the Soviet Army as home to the parachute troops.