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5 days ago · 1 5. To mark Armed Forces Week we showcase how British airborne forces built links with our NATO allies on Exercise Steadfast Defender in Estonia - which ranged from working with Polish paratroopers to US Navy bomb disposal experts. 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, is in command ...
4 days ago · To the north of Oosterbeek, the 4th Parachute Brigade led an attempt by the 1st Airborne Division to break through the German lines, but communication difficulties between British paratroopers and General Frederick Browning and the Americans, and enemy resistance, caused the attack to fail with heavy losses.
1 day ago · A British task force was immediately despatched to recapture them, and given that an amphibious assault would be necessary, the Royal Marines were heavily involved. 3 Commando Brigade was brought to full combat strength, with not only 40, 42 and 45 Commandos, but also the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Parachute Regiment attached.
1 day ago · Torch was the first major airborne assault carried out by the United States. The 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, aboard 39 C-47 Dakotas, flew all the way from Cornwall in England, over Spain, to drop near Oran and capture airfields at Tafraoui and La Sénia, respectively 15 miles (24 km) and 5 miles (8 km) south of Oran.
5 days ago · IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) is seen with the head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, in southern Gaza's Rafah, June 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces) IDF Chief ...
5 days ago · Alatrash, 39, from the southern Bedouin community of Sa’wa, served as a tracker in the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade. His body was taken from the Kibbutz Nahal Oz area, following a battle ...
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2 days ago · An Israeli soldier was killed and several others were wounded by roadside bombs while operating in the northern West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp early on Thursday, the military announces. The ...
