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Battle of Goose Green: Falklands War

May 27, 2017By Richard C PendryMilitary history, news 15 Comments

It was the morning on May 28th, 1982. The battle for Goose Green, the first of the Falklands War, had started the night before with a naval bombardment. A and B companies of 2 PARA, had advanced from their start line at the base of the isthmus connecting the two Falkland Islands towards Darwin Hill, … Read More

D-Day Airborne Assault, 1944/84

June 5, 2014By Richard C Pendrynews 1 Comment

Five hours before the landing craft of the Allied invasion force hit their target – the Normandy beech heads – 23,000 paratroopers from the British 6th Airborne Division, American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, boarded aircraft in airfields throughout southern England for the hour long flight to Normandy, and the … Read More

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