On of their most famous actions was the airborne seizure of Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium.  They conducted Major Airborne Operations in Norway and Denmark.  Their entire 7th Air Division conducted a large scale drop on Crete in 1941.

During the Battle of Monte Cassino a Fallschirmjäger division held the Monastery of Monte Cassino for months against repeated heavy assaults by allied forces.  Nicknamed "Green Devils" for their distinctive jackets and tenacious spirit, they inflicted huge losses on the allies before finally withdrawing.






1. You are the chosen ones of the German Army. You will seek combat and train yourselves to endure any manner of test.To you, the battle shall be fulfillment.

2. Cultivate true comradeship, for by the aid of your comrades you will conquer or die.

3. Beware of talking. Be not corruptible. Men act while women chatter. Chatter may bring you to the grave.

4. Be calm and prudent, strong and resolute. Valour and enthusiasm of an offensive spirit will cause you to prevail in the attack.

5. The most precious thing in the presence of the foe is ammunition. He who shoots uselessly, merely to comfort himself, is a man of straw who merits not the title of Parachutist.

6. Never surrender, to you death or victory must be a point of honour.

7. You can triumph only if your weapons are good. See to it that you submit yourself to this law - first my weapon and then myself.

8. You must grasp the full purpose of every enterprise, so that if your leader is killed you can fullfil it.

9. Against an open foe, fight with chivalry, but to a guerilla, extend no quarter.

10. Keep your eyes wide open. Tune yourself to the top most pitch. Be nimble as a greyhound, as tough as leather, as hard as Krupp steel and so you shall be the German warrior incarnate.