The Lions of Carentan: Fallschirmjager Regiment 6, 1943-1945

Although it is known that Allied airborne forces landed into a German buzzsaw on D—Day, far less is known about the troops they encountered in the dark night of June 6, 1944. One of the formations they encountered was a similarly elite group of paratroopers, who instead of dropping from the skies fought on the defensive, giving their Allied counterparts a tremendous challenge in achieving their objectives.

This is the complete wartime history of one of the largest German paratrooper regiment...