Battle of the Bulge (January 2nd 1945) We went up through La Vallee de La Meuse where the buildings looked very old and historic and I wondered how many of them would still be there when we left. Our particular orders were to take up defensive positions on the northern side of the bridge […]
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Operation Market Garden, which began on September 17, 1944, three months after D-Day was a plan was for the British Army, and its allies, to drive through Holland and Belgium and free those countries of Nazi occupation. The advance led to the Battle of the Bulge three months later. These extracts are taken from the personal memoirs of a British 6th Airborne
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Everybody knows D Day, the allied invasion of Northern France on June 6th 1944. But how many of us know about D Day Minus One, when 5000 British paratroopers dropped at night to take on the German positions from behind and secure river crossings vital to the D day landing forces the following morning? These
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These extracts are taken from the personal memoirs of a British 6th Airborne Paratrooper, Albert Childs, and range between 1938 & 1948. They are selected as stories that remind us of The Greatest Generation and the role of the British Paratrooper. Extract from – The Greatest Generation: Diary of a 1st & 6th Airborne Paratrooper (1940-1950) The
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The Greatest Generation: World War 2: Diary of a 1st & 6th Airborne Paratrooper during World War Two Bert Childs was with the 1st Airborne Division when they made their debut jump in North Africa. He was almost shot down on the way to Sicily and became one of the first recruits into the 6th
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