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The 6th Parachute Division (German: 6. Fallschirmjäger-Division ) was a Fallschirmjäger ( airborne ) division of the German military during the Second World War , active from 1944 to 1945. The division was formed officially in France in June 1944, commanded by Rüdiger von Heyking .
German Cross in Gold on 9 March 1942 as Hauptmann in the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 [10] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Knight's Cross on 9 July 1941 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 [11] [12] Oak Leaves on 30 September 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 [11 ...
A paratroop crew firing a mortar Burning German Junkers Ju 52s at Ypenburg, Netherlands, in 1940 Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete in 1941 German paratroopers prepare to be flown to the Greek island of Leros in 1943 Fallschirmjäger paratroopers at Kondomari, Crete, confronting Cretan Greek villagers Mass murder of Cretan Greek male civilians in Kondomari, Crete by Fallschirmjäger ...
6th Parachute Regiment, Oberstleutnant Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte. ... A Fallschirmjager training Regiment under the command of Oberst Fritz Henke?
When the 101st Airborne entered the town of Carentan on June 12, 1944, after heavy fighting on the two previous days, they met relatively light resistance. The bulk of the surviving German defenders (from the 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment) had withdrawn to the southwest the previous night after a heavy Allied naval and artillery bombardment.
6th Fallschirmjager Regiment German III Battalion-191st Artillery Regiment. Strength; 6,928 paratroops 2,300 seaborne glider troop reinforcements: Approximately 6,000 (7 battalions infantry, one regiment artillery) Casualties and losses (Campaign) 546 killed 2,217 wounded 1,907 missing: Estimated 4,500 killed, wounded, and missing
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During the Allied D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, the 6th Regiment was stationed in the Carentan area of the Cotentin Peninsula, near the US 101st Airborne Division's drop zones. The regiment was heavily engaged in the subsequent battles, including at Saint-Lô. On June 13 the remainder of the division was transferred to Brest in western France.