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Airborne Ops 1941-45






From initial formation of the British Airborne to it's first operational engagement took just nine months.  The following pages are a brief over view of those operations and their locations within the relevant British theatres of operations.


They fought with distinction and honour in the following campaigns within Europe and the Mediterranean.


  1. Tragino Aqueduct
  2. Bruneval Raid
  3. North Africa
  4. Sicily
  5. Taranto SeaBorne Landings
  6. Cos and Samos
  7. Italy
  8. Normandy
  9. South of France
  10. Arnhem
  11. Greece
  12. Ardennes
  13. Rhine Crossing

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Victoria Crosses
Europe
Mediterranean
Arnhem
17th-25th September
26th September
Why did it fail?
Op. Pegasus I
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