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80th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden (2024)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78d649vzlqo https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cqlvd41pnk7o https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/21/parachute-drop-near-arnhem-marks-80-years-since-operation-market-garden...- Grey Havoc
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- 101st airborne 1944 1st airborne division 1st independent parachute brigade (poland) 82nd airborne airborne forces allies battle of arnhem british army first allied airborne army glider infantry glider pilot regiment great britain operation market-garden paratroopers polskie siły zbrojne na zachodzie reichskommissariat niederlande united states army world war ii xxx corps
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- Forum: Military
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Keeping history alive: Jumping from iconic wartime Dakotas for D-Day 80
From a couple of days ago: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kuEujDjEM- Grey Havoc
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- airborne forces d-day operation overlord parachute paratroopers world war ii
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Royal Enfield military projects
To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2 (You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)- Grey Havoc
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- airborne forces birmingham small arms company british army cold war enfield of india great britain interwar period parachute paratroopers the enfield cycle company limited world war i world war ii
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- Forum: Secret Army Projects
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Contested air assault in the modern era?
In this era of access denial and long range fires, it appears that air and amphib assault is harder than ever. Given sufficient resource advantages such attacks is still possible, but what is the best way to do it? Old Ways: Turboprop/Jet transport with parachutes Helicopters Near Future...- shin_getter
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- Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects
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What If ... assault gliders 1946?
Suppose that operational helicopters were delayed several years beyond the original time line. Airborne operations are still limited to parachutes and assault gliders. What direction would assault gliders develop? Would they be limited to delivering small squads (say 10 men) to capture...- riggerrob
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- 1950s airborne forces airmobile alternate history assault glider late 1940s parachute paratroopers post-world war ii special operations transport glider what if what-if
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation