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	British 1st Airborne Division - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The division made attempts to reinforce Frost at the bridge; however, the Germans, operating just over the border from Germany, received substantial reinforcements steadily, and were able to hold the British attacks, and then push the rest of 1st Airborne back, away from the key bridge at Arnhem, held by John Frost and 2nd Battalion.
		The British had landed on the north side of the river, while XXX Corps was supposed to advance from the south.
		The Airborne division, with absolutely no armoured forces, was able to defend against a force about four times as large, which had tremendous armoured and artillery support.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1st_Airborne_Division (998 words)

	D-Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Airborne drops at both ends of the beachheads were to protect the flanks, as well as open up roadways to the interior.
		This was especially true of the airborne landings which were badly scattered, as well as the first wave units landing on the assault beaches.
		Fierce opposition from the 2lst Panzer and later the 12th SS Panzer division prevented the British from reaching Caen on the 6th.
	www.army.mil /d-day/divisions/invasionsites.html (1193 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tetrarch Light Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Mk VII Tetrarch light tank was a British design of tank produced during the Second World War initially for reconnaisance purposes but used by airborne forces.
		Airborne Armored Reconnaissance Regiment, 6th Airborne Division- landed by Hamilcar glider as part of Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944 on the River Orne
		British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II Categories: World War II British tanks An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tetrarch-Light-Tank (1129 words)

	6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
		Thus, the Division's move was halted and the 5th Brigade was employed in operations in Malaya and Singapore to assist in the disarmament of the Japanese occupation forces there.
		In the present-day British Army the 16 Air Assault Brigade (named to perpuate the 16 Parachute Brigade) is numbered in honour of the 1st Airborne and 6th Airborne divisions.
		Most of the 6th Airborne landed by parachute 40 minutes later, one of their many tasks being to reinforce the defenders of the bridges, which were successfully held, against little enemy interference, by Major Howard's men for two hours before the first troops arrived.
	www.libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_British_6th_Airborne_Division.html (4945 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Operation Varsity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The US 82nd Airborne Division had originally been scheduled to participate in the jump as well until a shortage of transport aircraft forced the use of just two divisions.
		The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was constituted in the National Army as the 82nd Division on August 5, 1917, and was organized on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
		Captain Lewis Nixon of the 506th PIR 101st Airborne was involved in the operation in the TV miniseries Band of Brothers.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Varsity (1948 words)

	France Hotels, Paris Hotels and the France Travel Guide - France.com
		British 6th Airborne Division and 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, airlanded by parachute and glider East of the River Orne to protect the left flank.
		British 3rd Infantry Division and the 27th Armoured Brigade on Sword Beach, from Ouistreham to Lion.
		The 21st Panzer division guarded Caen, and the 12th SS Panzer division was stationed to the south-east.
	www.france.com /culture/display_item.cfm?id=461 (3718 words)

	British 6th Airborne Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 6th Airborne was rushed to Belgium shortly afterward to assist in repulsing the attack.
		Thus, the Division's move was halted and the 5th Brigade was employed in operations in Malaya and Singapore to assist in the disarmament of the Japanese occupation forces there.
		In the present-day British Army the 16 Air Assault Brigade (named to perpuate the 16 Parachute Brigade) is numbered in honour of the 1st Airborne and 6th Airborne divisions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_6th_Airborne_Division (1020 words)

	6th Airborne Division In Palestine
		On September 21st 1945, divisional and tactical HQs of the 6th Airborne Division flew out to Egypt and established themselves near Gaza, to be followed by the rest of the Division between September and November.
		Of all the burdens cast on British soldiers by politicians, Palestine was one of those heavy burdens and into this situation came the 6th Airborne Division, as open minded a body of troops as any in the world, who had many Jews in their ranks in the battles against Nazi Germany.
		During October 1945 tension increased mainly due to the to the immigration issue and the 6th Airborne Division was widely deployed on internal security duties.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Palestine/6TH.htm (1332 words)

	British 6th Airborne on D-Day.htm
		H.Q. Headquarters 6 Airborne Division landed by glider on the main landing zone in the Ranville area at 0335 hours, though a few gliders were scattered, and moved to the Le Bas de Ranville area.
		While the attack by 6 Airborne Division had been proceeding east of the River Orne, at the other end of the long front, near the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, the American airborne assaults had been taking place with much the same difficulties from the weather as those of their British comrades.
		The element of surprise achieved by the American airborne troops was as effective as that achieved by 6 Airborne Division and great confusion was caused by the cutting of enemy communications and the disorganizing of the German defences.
	www.warchronicle.com /dday/pegasus/pegasus.htm (3791 words)

	Normandy, D-Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Airborne division were dropped into France, The drop went badly and the troops landed scattered over a wide area, losing most of their heavy equipment in the process.
		Airborne, dropped to the east of the Orne and a firm defense perimeter was established.
		Airborne bridgehead, Feuchtinger had decided to mount a general assault, only to be told to concentrate his tanks on the other side of the Orne.
	history-world.org /normandy.htm (2509 words)

	The british 6th airborne division in normandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		British 6th Airborne Division, comprising 8th and 9th Parachute Battalions of 3rd Parachute...
		The British 6th Airborne Division was tasked with the mission of...
		The British 6th Airborne Division was to be dropped to protect the Eastern flank of the landings.
	www.anmissclub.gr /thebritish6thairbornedivisioninnormandy (325 words)

	HyperWar: The War in Western Europe: Part 1 (June to December, 1944) [Chapter 3]
		The division had accomplished all of its initial missions except destroying the Douve bridges west of Carentan, and was assembling in the southern part of its zone to resume the attack to the southwest.
		Probably the weakest feature of the situation of the airborne division at the close of D-day, was the lack of communication between their own units and lack of information on the progress of the seaborne landings.
		As we have already seen, contact was made with the 101st Airborne Division on the 10th; and on the 11th, the V Corps' right flank was further strengthened by the arrival of elements of the 2d Armored Division.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USMA/WEurope1/WEurope1-3.html (15879 words)

	Stand To - Airborne - The Rhine Crossing
		The role of the Airborne Forces would be to seize and hold vital high ground overlooking the river and prevent enemy reinforcements from reaching the bridgehead.
		Airborne Division, who were operating to the south of the British, learned a hard lesson about their new C-46 Commando aircraft.
		BGen Matthew Ridgeway, the Commander of XVIII Airborne Corps, refused to allow the C-47 to be used for Airborne Operations after this disaster.
	www.standto.com /airborne/rhine.html (1239 words)

	Allied Airborne Assaults on D-Day
		They decided that the British 6th Airborne would be dropped on the eastern flank and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne would be dropped on the western flank.
		The British 6th Airborne was dropped on the eastern end of the sea-borne invasion to secure the left flank of the British beaches.
		This airborne division was made up of three parachute regiments and one regiment of airborne infantry landing in gliders.
	www.warfarehq.com /articles/wargame_articles/allied_airborne.shtml (2408 words)

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		Though admittedly the British 3rd Division had failed to capture Caen, which was not planned for but was down mainly to problems on the beach, and the arrival of the 21st Panzer on the afternoon of June 6th.
		And the relief of the 6th British Airborne Division was not the responsibility of the 3rd Division.
		May I remind you that the 6th British Airborne was the ONLY D-Day unit to complete all their tasks (though the Merville battery was re-occupied later).
	www.rasalvatore.com /bookstore/itemDetails.aspx?asin=1841763667 (1491 words)

	Military History Online - D-Day June 6, 1944
		The US 101st Airborne Division's mission was to secure four exits across the marshland near the coast for the invading US 4th Infantry Division at Utah beach.
		The British 6th Airborne Division was to land Northeast of Caen and secure the left flank of the invasion force by controlling bridges over the Orne Canal and River.
		Facing the Allied landing at Utah beach were the 709th German Division and the parts of the newly-arrived 91st, with the 243rd which was several miles away on the Western shore.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/dday/airborne.aspx (1871 words)

	Strategy: Normandy Campaign Strategy
		These men comprised three airborne divisions, spearheads of the glider battalions what were to follow, and had dropped across the lower reaches of the two rivers, Vire and Orne, that demarcated the bridgehead's outer flanks.
		By June 7 the German message regarding fuel shortages was finally brought to the attention of the British (the British Intelligence had decrypted the Enigma message).
		The winds and waves made landing by sea or air impossible, so the airborne divisions stood down, the sea borne divisions turned back, and the main armada kept to harbor.
	cghs.dade.k12.fl.us /normandy/strategy/normandy_strategy.htm (1225 words)

	Airborne jeep page
		Training of the new Airborne Divisions was handed over to the Royal Airforce who quickly trained the first 500 men.
		Just after midnight the British 6th Airborne Division landed east of the River Orne, 4 miles North-West of Caen in Normandy at the same time as the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were landing in the Crotentin peninsula.
		The glider arm of the British Airborne Division was ultimately disbanded after the war in 1946.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jeep_man/airborne.htm (595 words)

	THE AIRBORNE ALLIES ON D-DAY :: Knights out of the clouds
		During the year, the 1st Airborne Division was built up, based on the two brigades, with the newly formed 2nd Parachute Brigade, together with a full compliment of supporting arms and services, trained to land by parachute or glider.
		On 6 June 1944, D-Day, 6th Airborne Division carried out an airborne assault into Normandy to seize important bridges, to destroy the battery at Merville, and to hold the high ground overlooking the left flank of the Allied bridgehead.
		In September 1945, 6th Airborne Division was sent to Palestine to be part of the Middle East strategic reserve, but instead became embroiled in the long and thankless task of maintaining peace in that troubled land.
	www.freewebs.com /airbornealltheway/britishairborne.htm (1574 words)

	British 1st Airborne Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In fact, two Waffen SS Panzer divisions had recently been moved to Arnhem for refitting, where "nothing was going on." The Dutch resistance correctly identified these divisions and passed the information on to the Allies by September 10.
		The Airborne division, with no armoured force and few antiarmor weapons, was able to defend against a force about four times as large, which had tremendous armoured and artillery support.
		Four men from the 1st Airborne Division were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions in the Arnhem battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_1st_Airborne_Division (1236 words)

	History of the 492nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
		Late in the afternoon of the 30th, the Division was assigned the new mission of clearing the enemy from the important Rechrival Valley Sector.
		Word was received that same night that the 17th Airborne Division was to relieve elements of the 11th AD the next day with the 492nd to remain where it was and support the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
		The mission of the Division was to attack north, relieve the threat to the highway, and push forward to the objective north of Bastogne.
	www.11tharmoreddivision.com /history/history_of_the_492afa.htm (10639 words)

	1st Canadian Parachute Regiment, 6th Airborne Division
		It was decided to model the unit off British Airborne system, which was implemented into the battalion training.
		Airborne forces would be used to seize areas of tactical importance which could be defended until the main Allied Forces could arrive to relieve the paratroopers.
		The first unit to reach the Battalion was an advance recce unit from the 15th Scottish Division, followed by the arrival of infantry units of the 2nd Army on the 25th March 1945.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/1944/1stcanadian.htm (1770 words)

	The Orne Bridgehead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Like Breville overlooking the low valley of the Orne, the village was captured by 6th Airborne on the morning of 6th June, then occupied in the evening by No 4 Commando Unit that had Commander Kieffer's men in its ranks.
		Overlooking and threatening Ranville and divisional HQ of Major-General Gale's 6th Airborne, Breville, in the early days of the battle of Normandy, was the focal point of the German resistance.
		It was to be a long night for 6th Airborne who lost almost 40% of their men.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalsignals/32sigregt/ex_tartan_terrain/orne_bridgehead.htm (747 words)

	The Hour Is Go
		British 6th Airborne Division (10,300 men) — The British 6th Airborne Division was the largest airborne force to land in Normandy.
		While the original plan was to land both the British 1st and 6th Airborne Divisions, the idea was later formulated to hold the 1st Division (The Red Devils) in reserve, albeit pad the 6th Division with some of it’s men, hence the bloated status (over 10,000 men) of the 6th Division.
		The 6th Airborne was the first allied unit to go in to action on D-Day, dropping in to Normandy at 16 minutes past midnight on June 6th, 1944.
	forums.canadiancontent.net /canadian-culture/47539-hour-go.html (2492 words)

	17th Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		Toward the end of August, 1944 the 17th Airborne Division, the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division became permanent units of the U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps.
		On 18 January, the Division relieved the 11th Armored Division at Houffalize, pushed enemy remnants from the Bulge, and seized Wattermal and Espeler, 26 January.
		Operation Varsity would be the last full scale airborne drop of World War II and the assignment went to the 17th Airborne Division with the 507th spearheading the assault dropping at the southern edge of the Diersfordter Forest, three mile northwest of Wesel.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /18corps/17abn/17_overview.html (988 words)

	The 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) - Unit History
		The 513th PIR transferred to the Tennessee Maneuver Area on 4 March 1944 where the regiment was relieved from assignment to the 13th Airborne Division and formally assigned to the 17th Airborne Division on 10 March 1944.
		Between December 17 and 23, the Germans were halted near St. Vith by the 82nd Airborne and Bastogne by a roadblock, defended by the U.S. 7th Armoured Division and the 101st Airborne Division.
		Operation Varsity would be the last full scale airborne drop of World War II and the assignment went to the British 6th Airborne Division and the 17th Airborne Division.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /units/513/513.html (1543 words)

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