"Green Devils"6th FJR Requirments
The German Paratroopers were not the first ones to have the concept of dropping troops behind enemy lines from a plane, they merely perfected it. They accomplished this through an established training program and doctrine. In fact the US Airborne program was based off of the German one established six years earlier. The program made the German Fallschirmjager units a light infantry force only matched by the Allied elite. This was seen at Monte Casino and countless other battles in WWII.
Friday - 0900 HRS, Obstacle Course Area or Parachute Readiness Assesment (PRA), Physical Fitness Gear (T-Shirt (Preferably Black) / Running Shoes / No mask or marker), Canteen or Camel Back.
Team Break Down
First Aid and Hydration Briefing
5 Pull ups / Chin ups
Mock Door Exit and 7 Station Obstacle Course
OUR UNIT HISTORY
The "Green Devils" engaged the Allies the night before the Normandy landing occurred capturing several hundred men, including officers.
The unit was formed in early 1943 FJR 6, attached to 2nd FJ Division, first saw action in Italy. When the Division left Italy for Russia, the regiment remained behind to be either disbanded or divided between other regiments. The regiment was then reformed under the command of von der Heydte in Koln-Wahn in January 1944. In April of that year it was moved to Normandy (Carentan area), where the regiment was briefly attached to 2nd FJ Division until 6.6.44. Operated independently for the remainder of the war, seeing action up until it's surrender in early 1945.
During the Battle of Carentan, The Green Devils were entrenched along a main road leading into the city and held the American advanced. After the 6th was forced to withdraw towards Carentan, a single causeway surrounded by marshes was the only route into the city. On June 11th, the American 101st airborne attached the FJR 6th positions. After heavy artillery strikes, the 6th moved into Carentan. The 101st finally had the outskirts of the city after a three day battle. On the morning of 12 June 1944, the commander of the 6th withdrew from Carentan finally giving the city to the Allies after four days of fierce fighting.
Despite several counter attacks with 17SS 'Gotz Von Berlichingen' panzers, the 6th failed to retake Carentan. After nearly a month of engagement, von der Heydte led his regiment back to the German lines by using secondary roads, whilst the American tanks past them on the main roads. On August 16th, the remnants of Regiment 6 approx 400, were finally withdrawn from Normandy for rest and rebuilding.
This Unit at Oklahoma D-Day
This is the reactionary arm of the German Forces, first and foremost an assault unit, capable of responding at a moment's notice to where they are needed most... or prowling the dark boundry forest of the D-Day Field to intercept and deny Allied efforts to manuever and link up behind German lines.
The German Paratroopers were not the first ones to have the concept of dropping troops behind enemy lines from a plane, they merely perfected it. They accomplished this through an established training program and doctrine. In fact the US Airborne program was based off of the German one established six years earlier. The program made the German Fallschirmjager units a light infantry force only matched by the Allied elite. This was seen at Monte Casino and countless other battles in WWII.
Friday - 0900 HRS, Obstacle Course Area or Parachute Readiness Assesment (PRA), Physical Fitness Gear (T-Shirt (Preferably Black) / Running Shoes / No mask or marker), Canteen or Camel Back.
Team Break Down
First Aid and Hydration Briefing
5 Pull ups / Chin ups
Mock Door Exit and 7 Station Obstacle Course
OUR UNIT HISTORY
The "Green Devils" engaged the Allies the night before the Normandy landing occurred capturing several hundred men, including officers.
The unit was formed in early 1943 FJR 6, attached to 2nd FJ Division, first saw action in Italy. When the Division left Italy for Russia, the regiment remained behind to be either disbanded or divided between other regiments. The regiment was then reformed under the command of von der Heydte in Koln-Wahn in January 1944. In April of that year it was moved to Normandy (Carentan area), where the regiment was briefly attached to 2nd FJ Division until 6.6.44. Operated independently for the remainder of the war, seeing action up until it's surrender in early 1945.
During the Battle of Carentan, The Green Devils were entrenched along a main road leading into the city and held the American advanced. After the 6th was forced to withdraw towards Carentan, a single causeway surrounded by marshes was the only route into the city. On June 11th, the American 101st airborne attached the FJR 6th positions. After heavy artillery strikes, the 6th moved into Carentan. The 101st finally had the outskirts of the city after a three day battle. On the morning of 12 June 1944, the commander of the 6th withdrew from Carentan finally giving the city to the Allies after four days of fierce fighting.
Despite several counter attacks with 17SS 'Gotz Von Berlichingen' panzers, the 6th failed to retake Carentan. After nearly a month of engagement, von der Heydte led his regiment back to the German lines by using secondary roads, whilst the American tanks past them on the main roads. On August 16th, the remnants of Regiment 6 approx 400, were finally withdrawn from Normandy for rest and rebuilding.
This Unit at Oklahoma D-Day
This is the reactionary arm of the German Forces, first and foremost an assault unit, capable of responding at a moment's notice to where they are needed most... or prowling the dark boundry forest of the D-Day Field to intercept and deny Allied efforts to manuever and link up behind German lines.