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Gen Sir John Hackett: Soldier Scholar and an Airborne Leader - A biographical article by John Waddy

'Shan' Hackett had been educated at Geelong Grammar School in Australia, and at New College, Oxford, intending at first to follow an academic career, but instead he decided to join his grandfather'

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GENERAL FARRAR-HOCKLEY'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF SERVING WITH 6TH PARACHUTE BATTALION DURING OPERATION MANNA 1944

This is an extract from the book 'Men of the Red Beret' (1990), Hutchison, ISBN 0-09-173931-4. Reproduced by the kind permission of the author Max Arthur.

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GENERAL FARRAR-HOCKLEYS SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCE DURING OPERATION DRAGOON

This is an extract from the book 'Men of the Red Beret' (1990), Hutchison, ISBN 0-09-173931-4. Reproduced by the kind permission of the author Max Arthur.

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GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF OPERATION MUSKETEER (SUEZ) 1956

This is an extract from the book 'Men of the Red Beret' (1990), Hutchison, ISBN 0-09-173931-4. Reproduced by the kind permission of the author Max Arthur.

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GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ARNHEM,1944

For three months the 11th Battalion lived at almost constant alert, with no leave, continual planning and restricted access to nearby towns.

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General Sir Frank King's account of his escape from George Merz's Dakota flying into Arnhem

Our battle began about 10 minutes after we got the 20 minute 'Prepare for action' call from our American crew chief.

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GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S ACCOUNT OF CAPTURE AND LIFE IN A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

When I left the Old Vicarage I had no clear idea of where I might go. Despite Kate ter Horst' s kindness and calm I had a great urge to escape from her house.

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George Medal Citation for Sgt Instructor Alfred Cook

On the 9th August, 1943, Sergeant Instructor Cook was despatching a squad of parachute trainees from a C47 aircraft on a dropping zone in North Africa when Private Trevor jumped, his parachute fail

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German Airborne Forces

The history of the German Fallschirmjäger began when the Regiment ‘General Goering’ was created from the transfer of a Berlin Police Unit into the newly formed Luftwaffe (Air Force), which formed p

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German Tiger Tank

The Sonderkraftfahrzeug (Special Purpose Vehicle or SDKFZ) 181 Tiger 1, commonly known as the German Tiger 1 Heavy Tank was designed by Porsche in 1941 in response

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Germany 1933-45

Germany, under the Nazi leadership of Adolf Hitler, pursued a vigorous nationalistic internal rebuilding programme and an aggressive, militarist foreign policy in the 1930s which played a leading r

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German Second World War Armour, Weaponry and Ordnance

During The Second World War, the German armed forces fielded an array of weaponry against their Allied opponents. Many of these weapons were either encountered by, or indeed, used by Airborne Forc

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GQ X-Type Parachute

The British X-Type Parachute was developed in 1940 under the initiative of Raymond Quilter of the GQ company, in collaboration with Leslie Irvin of Irvins, both parachute manufacturers.

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Guards Parachute Association

The Guards Parachute Association was formed on 25 October 1975 when No1 (Guards) Independent Company, The Parachute Regiment, marched off into history.

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Greece (Operation Manna)

One company of the 4th Para Battalion was dropped in high winds at Megara airfield 40 miles from Athens suffering numerous casualties.

Weapons

Glock 17 Gen 4/L131A1 pistol

The Glock 17 Gen 4 was brought into service, replacing the venerable Browning L9A1 after over 40 years in the MOD

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German Tiger Ausf B Tank

The German Sdkfz 182 Tiger Ausf B tank was known informally to the Germans as Konistiger (Bengal Tiger) whilst being commonly referred to as the Tiger II or King Tiger by Allied troops.

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Panzer Mk IV knocked out by Pat Barnett near Arnhem Bridge

German Panzerkampfwagen IV Tank

The German Sdkfz 161 Panzerkampfwagen (Pzkpfw IV) was first introduced into German service in the late 1930s as Nazi Germany rearmed in preparation for war and was continuously produced until 1945

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German Sturmgeschutz III

The Sdkfz 142 Sturmgeshutz III Assault Gun, was a German self propelled gun utilising the Pzkpfw III tank chassis and was produced in a number of variants from the Ausf A to Ausf G.

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German Panzerkampfwagen 740 B2 (F)

The Panzerkampfwagen 740 B2 (F) was the German designation of the French Char B tanks pressed into German service after the fall of France in 1940.

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Following the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands in April 1982, a British task force, which included several Ai

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Gen Sir John Hackett: Soldier Scholar and an Airborne Leader - A biographical article by John Waddy

GENERAL FARRAR-HOCKLEY'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF SERVING WITH 6TH PARACHUTE BATTALION DURING OPERATION MANNA 1944

GENERAL FARRAR-HOCKLEYS SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCE DURING OPERATION DRAGOON

GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF OPERATION MUSKETEER (SUEZ) 1956

GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ARNHEM,1944

General Sir Frank King's account of his escape from George Merz's Dakota flying into Arnhem

GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S ACCOUNT OF CAPTURE AND LIFE IN A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

George Medal Citation for Sgt Instructor Alfred Cook

German Airborne Forces

German Tiger Tank

Germany 1933-45

German Second World War Armour, Weaponry and Ordnance

GQ X-Type Parachute

Guards Parachute Association

Greece (Operation Manna)

Glock 17 Gen 4/L131A1 pistol

German Tiger Ausf B Tank

German Panzerkampfwagen IV Tank

German Sturmgeschutz III

German Panzerkampfwagen 740 B2 (F)

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Gen Sir John Hackett: Soldier Scholar and an Airborne Leader - A biographical article by John Waddy

GENERAL FARRAR-HOCKLEY'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF SERVING WITH 6TH PARACHUTE BATTALION DURING OPERATION MANNA 1944

GENERAL FARRAR-HOCKLEYS SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCE DURING OPERATION DRAGOON

GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF OPERATION MUSKETEER (SUEZ) 1956

GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ARNHEM,1944

General Sir Frank King's account of his escape from George Merz's Dakota flying into Arnhem

GENERAL SIR FRANK KING'S ACCOUNT OF CAPTURE AND LIFE IN A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

George Medal Citation for Sgt Instructor Alfred Cook

German Airborne Forces

German Tiger Tank

Germany 1933-45

German Second World War Armour, Weaponry and Ordnance

GQ X-Type Parachute

Guards Parachute Association

Greece (Operation Manna)

Glock 17 Gen 4/L131A1 pistol

German Tiger Ausf B Tank

German Panzerkampfwagen IV Tank

German Sturmgeschutz III

German Panzerkampfwagen 740 B2 (F)

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