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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Radfan
Tribesmen backed by the Yemen and Egypt sought to destabilise the South Arabian Federation in
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Canal Zone Egypt
In October 1951 the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade flew into Egypt with its three Parachute
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Palestine
In 1945 the 6th Airborne Division designated the Imperial Strategic Reserve was based in Palestine,
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