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Watch how this secret parachute helped allies win the WWII

We explore the story of the British X-Type parachute - the essential piece of equipment that carried airborne troops into some of the most critical operations of the Second World War. From North ...
The National Interest

How Nazi Germany Nearly Wiped Out the British Army’s 1st Airborne Division

In mid-September 1944 a mixed force of around 10,000 British and Polish airborne troops dropped on and around the town of Arnhem in The Netherlands as part of the Allies’ Operation Market Garden. The ...
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The Battle of Arnhem : the deadliest airborne operation of World War II / Antony Beevor

"First published in Great Britain as Arnhem : the Battle for the Bridges, 1944"--Title page verso. NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents The chase is on! -- ...
WW2 Wayfinder on MSN

This piece of WWII gear was so bad, paratroopers kept losing it

We take a closer look at one of the most misunderstood pieces of equipment from D-Day - the infamous leg bag. Often blamed for widespread failures among the 101st Airborne, its reputation tells only ...