Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

Shortly after midnight the British 6th and American 101st and ... Subsequent drops allowed 6th Airborne Division to form a defensive crust protecting the eastern flank of the beachhead.

The 8,500 British and Canadian soldiers of 6th Airborne Division were the first Allied troops to land by glider and parachute in France in the early hours of 6th June 1944, tasked to secure the ...

He has twice returned to Germany to visit a comrade's grave At least 1,070 members of the US 17th Airborne Division and the British 6th Airborne Division, which included the Canadians, were killed ...