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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Tragino (Operation Colossus)
A small raiding party of seven officers and 28 men from the newly formed Special
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Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)
In August 2 PARA were deployed with 16 Air Assault Brigade to Macedonia on Op
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Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)
In the immediate aftermath of Rwanda’s hard fought civil war and the genocide which accompanied
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