Death from Above! (Paratrooper movies)
The Fallschirmjäger were the airborne forces branch of the Luftwaffe before and during World War II.
They were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations.
They were commanded by Kurt Student, the Luftwaffe's second-in-command.
The typical Fallschirmjäger infantry paratrooper's uniform included the paratrooper helmet M36
During the 1939–41 period, the Fallschirmjäger uniform consisted of a pair of Field Grey trousers, a Field Blue tunic and a green jump smock.
The RZ 20 Fallschirmjäger parachute only had a single contact point, making control impossible and landing difficult. Because of this they did not jump with rifles, and instead got them from a canister attached to a separate parachute.
+ Also includes some Airplane war movies.
They were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations.
They were commanded by Kurt Student, the Luftwaffe's second-in-command.
The typical Fallschirmjäger infantry paratrooper's uniform included the paratrooper helmet M36
During the 1939–41 period, the Fallschirmjäger uniform consisted of a pair of Field Grey trousers, a Field Blue tunic and a green jump smock.
The RZ 20 Fallschirmjäger parachute only had a single contact point, making control impossible and landing difficult. Because of this they did not jump with rifles, and instead got them from a canister attached to a separate parachute.
+ Also includes some Airplane war movies.
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- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSean ConneryRyan O'NealMichael CaineOperation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
- DirectorJulius AveryStarsJovan AdepoWyatt RussellMathilde OllivierA small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
- DirectorTim WolochatiukStarsBenjamin MuirKevin WalkerCraig CyrDocudrama retelling the Canadian assault of Juno Beach on D-Day, as told via reenactment and through interviews with those who were there.
- DirectorDavid AboucayaStarsManuel GonçalvesLaurent GuiotLaurent CerulliJanuary 1945. The first French regiment of paratroopers to fight with an American unit prepares to liberate Alsace in France during World War II.
- DirectorRyan LittleStarsRick MacyLincoln HoppeRyan GaleTwo months after the Allied forces land in Normandy during WWII, the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team sets out for Provence with the aim to protect the Allied troops en route to Berlin.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
- DirectorCurt A. SindelarStarsChristopher SerroneMichael Conner HumphreysPhilip De LorenzoThree companies of paratroopers travel in a deadly mission to France to prepare the drop zone for the airborne attack on the D-Day. They have to install an Eureka transmitter and searchlight to guide the planes in the Normandy invasion.
- DirectorMatthew HopeStarsToby KebbellAdi BielskiTony CurranA soldier returning from the war in Afghanistan uncovers a conspiracy involving the intelligence services and a gang of drug dealers.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsJoachim FuchsbergerElma KarlowaAntje GeerkIn 1944, German paratroopers must defend the Monte Cassino area of Italy from Allied attacks while artifacts from the nearby historical abbey are evacuated to the Vatican by army trucks.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsAnthony QuinnAlain DelonGeorge SegalFrench Army colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrillas during the Algerian War.
- DirectorIan VernonStarsPaul HarrisonGuy WillsAdam WoodwardD-Day: A British paratroop squad is dropped off-target and wiped out. Private Johnny Barrows is the only survivor. Inexperienced, scared, and lost behind enemy lines, Johnny must grow up and become a man on his perilous journey to safety.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsDavid HemmingsTony BeckleyTom BellThe saga of three British soldiers and their German captive as they trek through the European countryside.
- DirectorDanny CottonStarsMatt LongAdam OakleyAndy WoodrowEx Para Trooper Jack Bishop is adjusting back to civilian family life whilst trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter. Whilst Jack was away fighting he felt guilty for not being around for his little girl whilst she was growing up. Soldiers of Embers follows Jack into an exciting dramatic story of brotherhood and vengeance.
- DirectorJames LandisStarsBobby DiamondRobert ChristianMikel AngelThe story of a young man and his journey to become a US paratrooper.
- DirectorsPhil KarlsonFranco CirinoStarsRock HudsonSylva KoscinaSergio FantoniIn 1944, during a sabotage mission, the sole surviving U.S. paratrooper is saved by a group of Italian orphans who later aid him in blowing up a vital enemy dam.
- DirectorsLeopoldo SavonaGeorge GonneauStarsJack PalanceGiovanna RalliSerge ReggianiIn German-occupied Italy during World War II, an American paratrooper on a mission to blow up a bridge enlists the help of five Italians just released from a military prison, and a sexy Italian girl who joined up with them along the road.
- DirectorMikhail TumanishviliStarsBoris GalkinVadim SpiridonovValentina BerezutskayaSequel of "In the Zone of Special Attention" about military training of Soviet paratroopers and marines.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRon FosterMiiko TakaNorman AldenWWII Burma...Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one "lucky" survivor.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsRichard BakalyanKen LynchJack HoganA squad member of the U.S. Paratroop unit in WWII accidently shoots one of his unit. Over the forthcoming months there is some anamosity against him as they battle their way across Italy.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsDean MartinJerry LewisMona FreemanNightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnJames BrownWilliam PrinceA platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsRobert PrestonNancy KellyEdmond O'BrienPre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo parachute training at Fort Benning prior to becoming paratroopers.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsLeslie BanksC.V. FranceValerie TaylorAn English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.
- StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon LivingstonThe story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
