Simple Painting: D-Day US Paratroopers - How I Paint Things

Despite chaotic misdrops and paratroopers landing miles from their drop zones, these highly-trained volunteers were instrumental in thwarting the German war machine’s response to the Allied beach landings along the Normandy coast. Painting them is a great deal simpler! READ MORE: Pick up a box of US Paratroopers here: Khaki Webbing available separately at Warlord Games: The US 82nd Airborne Division would make their first combat drop on Sicily on the night of 9-10 July 1943, supporting Allied amphibious landings as part of Operation Husky. That same uniform and equipment would be dropped on Normandy on the night of 5-6 June 1944, as paratroopers, pathfinders and glider-borne infantry began the invasion of mainland Europe and began the long battle to roll up German resistance and seize Berlin. During the course of US Airborne combat operations, American