A paratrooper prepares to stand up and jump from a C-47 aircraft on a night exercise. (IWM H 037712 1)
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Exercise TONY, 11/12 April 1944
The planning and failed execution of an exercise designed to practise parachuting and operating at night.
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(IWM D 68514)
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Exercise WILLIAM, 15/16 March 1944
The planning and execution of an exercise that included a visit from the King!
(IWM D 68514)
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Exercises in South Kesteven
Follow some of the training exercises carried out by men of the 1st Airborne Division in 1944...
21st Independent Parachute Company (Pegasus Archive)
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Jewish Refugees serving as 1st Airborne Division Pathfinders
The men of the 21st Independent Parachute Company were the Pathfinders of the 1st Airborne Division. They were an elite, highly specialized group, whose role was to drop on the planned landing zones before the main Airborne force, mark out the zones using electronic beacons, lights and high-visibility panels, and guide in the main force.
A group of Norwegian children who welcomed British troops after their arrival at Gardermoen airfield near Oslo. (IWM CL 2634)
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Operation DOOMSDAY
A short history of Operation DOOMSDAY, the operation to disarm German soldiers in Norway after the end of World War II.
Crowds celebrate liberation in the Copenhagen town square. (Jørgen Nielsen, via Picryl, public domain)
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Operation ECLIPSE
Operation ECLIPSE in 1945 was aimed at liberating Denmark from German occupying forces and preventing the Soviet Army from occupying it.
17 September 1944: Men of the British 3rd Parachute Battalion jumping from C-47s of the US 314th Troop Carrier Group over the dropzone at Renkum, near Arnhem. (Paradata/Airborne Assault Museum)
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Operation MARKET GARDEN
The Allied operation in September 1944 when Allied Airborne troops captured bridges in the Netherlands and Allied ground forces tried to advance northwards from the Belgian border to the town of Arnhem.
Men of 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on a route march near Grantham, just before Operation MARKET GARDEN. (Via Bob Hilton)
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Route March, 1 May 1944: 2nd Parachute Battalion Signals Section and Assault Platoon
Route March, 1 May 1944: 2nd Parachute Battalion Signals Section and Assault Platoon.
Men of 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on a route march near Grantham, just before Operation MARKET GARDEN. (Via Bob Hilton)
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Route March, 1 May 1944: C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion
Route March, 1 May 1944: C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion.