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The Daredevils of D-Day Part 2

In the late hours of hours of June 5th, 1944 six Horse gliders, towed by Halifax bombers made their way across the channel. Inside the lead glider, codenamed Chalk 91, sat 30 men readying themselves for one of the most daring missions of D-Day. Little did the men realise that the next 24 hours would…

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WW2 French Bank Notes & Operation Biting Planning Boards

In the dead of night on February 27, 1942, a group of daring British soldiers from the newly formed Parachute Regiment, led by Major John Frost, landed behind enemy lines into German-occupied France. Their mission was to raid a German radar installation in the small coastal village of Bruneval, near the port of Le Havre….

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