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Cordon and Search

Cordon and Search operations in Palestine were often conducted at battalion and even brigade l

Battle Honours

A battle honour recognises the accomplishments of a military unit in combat and, in the British Army, is granted to a regiment or battalion.

Italian Airborne Forces

The Italians were among the very first to see the potential of airborne warfare, dropping agents behind Austrian lines during World War I.

Elephant Point

On 1st May 1945 a composite Gurkha Parachute Battalion from the 44th Indian Airborne Division conducted a successful parachute assault upon Elephant Point at the mouth of the Rangoon River in Burma

Bloody Sunday

On 30 January 1972, since remembered as 'Bloody Sunday', a demonstration was held in Londonderry by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association to protest at the policy of Internment without tria

Breville Normandy

Between 10-12th June 1944 the Germans launched a series of tenacious counter-attacks at a gap in the line between the 1st Special Service Brigade and 3rd Parachute Brigade in the area of Breville,

Russian Airborne Forces

Parachuting and gliding was a national sport for young and old in Russia during the 1930s.

United States Airborne Forces

General William ‘Billy’ Mitchell the head of America’s Air Service in Europe at the end of the First World War proposed a parachute assault on the city of Metz from giant Handley-page bombers in 19

Polish Airborne Forces

In 1936 the Poles opened a parachute training school at Legionowo near Warsaw, run on the same lines and much influenced by the Russian experience.

Japanese Airborne Forces

Training for Japanese paratroopers began in early 1940 at four training schools at Shimonsiki, Shizvoka, Hiroshima and Himeji.

South African Airborne Forces

The first South African airborne unit formed in August 1943 when an Air Force parachute platoon was established. It was disbanded before its training was completed.

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