Glider assault on Eben Emael as an archetype for
... weapons were destroyed and at least one of the three bridges was secured intact. Successfully capturing the bridges if the fort remained in Belgian hands would not be sufficient because they could rain artillery fire down on the bridges. In this manner, Sturmabteilung Koch's objectives were interdep ...
... weapons were destroyed and at least one of the three bridges was secured intact. Successfully capturing the bridges if the fort remained in Belgian hands would not be sufficient because they could rain artillery fire down on the bridges. In this manner, Sturmabteilung Koch's objectives were interdep ...
World War II – Formation
... When war came again to Europe in 1939 the Irish regiments were ready to play their part. The British Expeditionary Force included battalions of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The London Rifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers and all were in action during the retreat to Dunkirk. Sir Hubert Gough, wh ...
... When war came again to Europe in 1939 the Irish regiments were ready to play their part. The British Expeditionary Force included battalions of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The London Rifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers and all were in action during the retreat to Dunkirk. Sir Hubert Gough, wh ...
DOC - Dr. Harold C. Deutsch WWII History Roundtable
... stormtroop infiltration tactics but did not have the logistical capacity to capitalize on the openings they created. In the fall of 1918 Colonel William P. “Billy” Mitchell, who at the time was General John Pershing’s air service advisor in France, proposed the idea of gathering all the Allied bombe ...
... stormtroop infiltration tactics but did not have the logistical capacity to capitalize on the openings they created. In the fall of 1918 Colonel William P. “Billy” Mitchell, who at the time was General John Pershing’s air service advisor in France, proposed the idea of gathering all the Allied bombe ...
Troop carrier airmen entered enemy airspace
... test yet. In just two days, 27,000 troopers were dropped behind Ger man lines by powered aircraft or put down there by one of more than 600 American and British gliders. There, they were used to help prevent Ger man counterattacks and to open up breakout routes for following forces. More airborne ...
... test yet. In just two days, 27,000 troopers were dropped behind Ger man lines by powered aircraft or put down there by one of more than 600 American and British gliders. There, they were used to help prevent Ger man counterattacks and to open up breakout routes for following forces. More airborne ...
AMERICAN IS-PLACE WACO CG-4A
... (Rhine River Crossing). Six weeks after the successful conclusion of Varsity, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. During the Holland invasion, almost 2,000 CG-4As and 700 Horsas were used. This was the single largest glider-airborne operation of the war. Operation Varsity was more costly to Alli ...
... (Rhine River Crossing). Six weeks after the successful conclusion of Varsity, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. During the Holland invasion, almost 2,000 CG-4As and 700 Horsas were used. This was the single largest glider-airborne operation of the war. Operation Varsity was more costly to Alli ...
Battle of Salerno
... • U.S. 5th Army under Lt. Gen. Mark Clark landed along the Salerno coastline while British Commando units and their American counterparts, the U.S. Rangers, landed on the peninsula itself. Salerno had been chosen as the first site for invasion of the peninsula because it was the northern-most point ...
... • U.S. 5th Army under Lt. Gen. Mark Clark landed along the Salerno coastline while British Commando units and their American counterparts, the U.S. Rangers, landed on the peninsula itself. Salerno had been chosen as the first site for invasion of the peninsula because it was the northern-most point ...
Operation Ladbroke
Operation Ladbroke was a glider landing of British airborne forces near Syracuse, Sicily, that began on 9 July 1943 as part of the Allied invasion of the island. The first Allied mission using large numbers of the aircraft, the operation was carried out from Tunisia by the 1st Airlanding Brigade, with a force of 136 Wacos and eight Horsas. The objective was to establish a large invasion force on the ground near the town of Syracuse, secure the Ponte Grande Bridge and ultimately take control of the city itself with its strategically vital docks, as a prelude to the full-scale invasion of Sicily.En route to Sicily, sixty-five gliders released too early by the American and British towing aircraft crashed into the sea, drowning approximately 252 men. Of the remainder, only eighty-seven men arrived at the Pont Grande Bridge, although they successfully captured the bridge and held it beyond the time they were to be relieved. Finally, with their ammunition expended and only fifteen soldiers remaining unwounded, the Allied troops surrendered to Italian forces. The Italians, having gained control of the bridge, sought to destroy the structure, but were frustrated by soldiers of 1st Brigade who had removed the previously attached explosive charges. Other troops from the airlanding brigade, who had landed elsewhere in Sicily aided further by destroying communications links and capturing gun batteries.