Airborne Museum’s blog
Battles 21/12/2022
Augusta Chiwy, "The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne"
The siege of Bastogne took place in atrocious conditions: the american troops were completely encircled by a huge german army, and had to face them 1 against 5 ; these same troops severely lacked...
Battles 17/12/2022
The Malmedy massacre
The Kampfgruppe Peiper was a ferocious armored unit notably composed of 5,000 SS Panzer Grenadiers, 40 new Mark V Panther tanks, 40 Mark IV Panzer tanks, 15 Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyers, 42 King...
Battles 16/12/2022
The departure of the american airborne troops for the Bulge, december 1944
The day following the start of the Battle of the Bulge, in the evening of the 17th December, general Eisenhower decides to send the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions (who were until this point in...
News 17/11/2022
Passing of veterans Tom Rice and Forrest Huffstetler
We just learned about veteran Tom Rice’s passing, last night. He was Staff Sergeant of the C Company of the 501th PIR in the 101st Airborne. We still vividly remember his parachute jump over...
News 14/11/2022
Sister city project between Metropolis, city of John Steele, and Sainte-Mère-Eglise
There are coincidences that make so much sense that they become almost unbelievable. Take for example the fact that John Steele, one of the symbols of the airborne landings in Sainte-Mère-Eglise and...
Battles 09/11/2022
Casablanca 1942: the only real naval battle between France and USA
Did you know that in addition to the historical first american airborne assault in Oran, another unique event took place during Operation Torch, which is the only real naval battle between the United...
Battles 08/11/2022
Operation Torch: the first american paratrooper deployment during World War II
On November 8th 1942, Operation Torch, which would become the first deployment of American paratroopers on the field, namely the 2nd Battalion, 509th PIR, in Tafaraoui, near Oran, in Algeria,...
Portraits 30/10/2022
William "Billy" Mitchell, pioneer of the US Airborne
L’armée américaine est la première à avoir pensé à se doter d’une Air Infantry et ce, dès 1918. Le Brigadier-General William “Billy” Mitchell suggère de retirer du...
Battles 23/10/2022
The world record of speed group jump, and Emile Bouétard, first french man to die on D-Day
The day is october 23rd. On this day in 1943, a group of French SAS paratroopers of the Free France, led by lieutenant Pierre Marienne, made history: as part of a jump meant to test some material and...
