-
sponsored the concept, and
Major General William C. Lee
organized the
first paratroop platoon. This led to the
Provisional Parachute Group, and then the United...
- the
Invasion of
Yugoslavia has not yet been ascertained. In that war,
paratroop raids had a
significant role in
almost all
major military operations....
-
Paratroop Command is a 1959
American war film
directed by
William Witney,
starring Richard Bakalyan, Ken
Lynch and Jack Hogan.
American International...
- The 1st
Parachute Army (German: 1. Fallschirm-Armee) was
formed in September, 1944,
comprising 30,000 men. Its
first commander was
Colonel General Kurt...
-
Armored Brigade - Col
Aryeh Keren +Mechanised
Infantry and
Paratroop support including: 35th
Paratroop Brigade - Col Uzi
Yairi 143rd
Reserve Armored Division...
- The
Portuguese Paratroop Nurses (Enfermeiras Pára-quedistas in Portuguese) were a
group of 46
women that,
between 1961 and 1974 (the
duration of the Portuguese...
- than
three decades the An-12 was the
standard medium-range
cargo and
paratroop transport aircraft of the
Soviet air forces. A
total of 1,248 aircraft...
- 1954, Har-Zion was
amongst a ten-man
squad from the
newly formed 890th
Paratroop Battalion, led by its
commander Ariel Sharon,
which carried out a raid...
- mechanised, and ten were infantry, some
partly mechanised, as well as
their paratroop brigades which also
acted as
elite ****ault troops. The
brigades were ****igned...
- The
Paratroop Training Unit (PTU) was a unit of the
Royal Australian Air
Force (RAAF)
during World War II,
which served as the
instruction centre for...
