In mid-September 1944 a mixed force of around 10,000 British and Polish airborne troops dropped on and around the town of Arnhem in The Netherlands as part of the Allies’ Operation Market Garden. The ...

Paratroopers inside the fuselage of a Whitley aircraft at RAF Ringway - (Wikimedia.org) When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete.

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal ...