Sky warriors : British airborne forces in the Second World War /

The legendary 'Red Devils' were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill's instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each compo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	David, Saul, 1966- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : William Collins, 2024.
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British. Great Britain > Armed Forces > Airborne troops > History. Great Britain > Armed Forces > Parachute troops > History. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations aériennes britanniques. Warfare and Defence. 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999. True war & combat stories. European history. Second World War. Air forces & warfare.

Table of Contents:

Beginnings, 1940-42
Growing pains, 1942-44
Triumph, June 1944
Disaster, September 1944
Zenith, 1945.