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

After Mr Neal's brother died, he used that research and his own to tell their uncle's story in a book By Glider to Normandy ...

Throughout last year, aircrew members from the 6th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, ...

The original plan for Varsity involved three airborne divisions: the British 6th Airborne Division, veterans of the Overlord operation in Normandy, the U.S. 17th Airborne Division, recently ...

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 ...