Paras: An Illustrated History of Britain's Airborne ForcesThe maroon beret of Britain's airborne forces has a special significance to every man who has ever worn it, from the wartime units of 1st and 6th Airborne Divisions to the parachute soldiers of today. Supported by a host of specialist units from within the British Army, the modern airborne soldiers have become a household name and are better known as the Paras. |
Contents
The Early Days of Airborne Forces | 1 |
The First Operations | 19 |
The Invasion of Europe | 41 |
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1st Airborne Division 1st Battalion 1st Parachute Brigade 2nd Battalion 3rd Parachute 3rd Parachute Brigade 6th Airborne Division 82nd Airborne advance Airborne Brigade airborne forces airborne troops aircraft airfield Allied anti-tank Argentinian armoured Arnhem artillery assault attack Battalion Parachute Regiment Battalion the Parachute battery Belfast beret bomb bridge brigade's British airborne C-130 Hercules CAPTAIN capture casualties codenamed Company Corps defence deployed drop zone enemy equipment Falklands fighting fire Frost German Goose Green ground guns Hamminkeln helicopter Independent Parachute Infantry instructors invasion jump killed landing later Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel machine-gun Major Major-General maroon beret military mortars moved night North Africa operation Operation Market Garden ordered Parachute Battalion Parachute Regiment parachutists Paras paratroopers Pathfinders patrol Platoon position PTE PTE raid recruits Ringway Royal Marines secure Sergeant SIGMN soldiers tactical tanks took Ulster units weapons Whitley wounded



