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Gliders /

When it was impossible for aircraft to land safely on enemy territory, gliders were the perfect answer for delivering special forces behind enemy lines. German paratroopers used gliders spectacularly to land on Belgian defences in 1940, while the British employed them to land soldiers in their effor...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Powell, Robert, 1944-, Martin, Jonathan
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 2003.
Series:World history in video.
Subjects:
Gliders (Aeronautics)
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
Planeurs (Aéronautique)
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations aériennes.
Military operations, Aerial.
1939-1945
Documentary
Documentaries and Factual Films
Alexander Street Video.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Courts métrages.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:When it was impossible for aircraft to land safely on enemy territory, gliders were the perfect answer for delivering special forces behind enemy lines. German paratroopers used gliders spectacularly to land on Belgian defences in 1940, while the British employed them to land soldiers in their effort to win a bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem in 1944.
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Physical Description:1 online resource (24 min.).