Milan is preparing for a high-tension Saturday, with an extraordinary plan to prevent new unrest after last weekend's devastations. 500 paratroopers from the Folgore brigade are arriving from Siena, ...

The new Father Ignatius Maternowski window (l) and a 1942 portrait of Father Maternowski. (photo: Beyer Studio / U.S. Army) The story of Father Ignatius Maternowski grows even more compelling 78 years ...

Operation Varsity sent thousands of airborne and glider troops behind German lines in one of World War II’s final major ...

Relatives of a brave band of wartime paratroopers who were billeted in Melton Mowbray before parachuting into an iconic ...

A 53-year-old Ukrainian citizen will stand trial in Germany after being accused of spying for Russia. According to ntv, prosecutors in Düsseldorf have charged him with working for a Russian ...

Eighty-two years after Arnhem, we returned to trace the story of the great-grandfather who died there – and bring his history to life ...

Gareth Reece believes Fering’s British-made vehicle can beat the industry’s heavyweights Matt Oliver is The Telegraph's Industry Editor, covering manufacturing, energy policy, car making and the ...

About 50,000 people attended Saturday’s commemoration of the airborne landings and Operation Market Garden. Hundreds of paratroopers jumped onto the Ginkse Heide near Ede to reenact the 1944 air ...

An Afghan citizen suspected of having carried out an arson attack against a synagogue in the western German city of Wuppertal was arrested today, police tell AFP.

German authorities say that Charlotte Knobloch, a prominent leader of the Jewish community in Munich has received death threats over her call to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD.) The ...

The origins of the paratrooper came about in the 1920s. Paratroopers introduced a revolutionary concept of soldiers behind the enemy’s defenses. Such units surprised the enemy by attacking from behind ...

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