Featured in devils in baggy pantsBYJames ElphickJan 19, 2023ShareThis is why Nazis dubbed these paratroopers ‘devils in baggy pants’Few units receive their nicknames from their exploits in combat. Even fewer derive their moniker from what the enemy calls them. But for the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment that is exactly what happened in Italy in 1944. The … BYJames ElphickJan 19, 2023Share
BYJames ElphickJan 19, 2023ShareThis is why Nazis dubbed these paratroopers ‘devils in baggy pants’Few units receive their nicknames from their exploits in combat. Even fewer derive their moniker from what the enemy calls them. But for the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment that is exactly what happened in Italy in 1944. The … BYJames ElphickJan 19, 2023Share