On 22 June 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote a minute to the British Chiefs of Staff directing the setting up of a Corps of Parachute soldiers. Number 2 Commando began parachute training at Ringway near Manchester the following month.
On 22 June 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote to the British Chief of Staff directing the setting up of a Corps of at least 5,000 parachute troops.
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Falklands (Operation Corporate)
On 2 April 1982 Argentina invaded Port Stanley – the capital of the Falkland Islands
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Suez (Operation Musketeer)
In July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal and an Anglo-French military
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