3rd Parachute Division (Germany)
Fallschirmjäger-Division) was a airborne forces (Fallschirmjäger) division unit of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe that was active during World War II.Its level of training and excellent weapon systems prompted the commander of the US 29th Infantry Division to remark, "Those Germans are the best damned soldiers I ever saw."[2] The division went into combat in June 1944 in Normandy and inflicted heavy losses on the Allied forces opposing them.Nominally, the unit was to be motorised, but by June it still had no more than 40% of its authorised motor transport, even after seizing vehicles from French civilians.During September 1944 it fought as a part of Kampfgruppe "Becker" in Arnhem area before participating in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.