Operation Dragoon, 15 August 1944 (Invasion of Southern France) 447 Troop transports + 403 gliders and tugs Landed the approximately 9,000 troops...
By the way, Wikipedia seems to have one of the most amazing pieces of mis-information I have seen there in a long time: "The 6th Airborne Division...
Since they were searching 200 -020 on June 3, it seems that one of the Midway PBYs should have come very close to discovering KB on June 3. Does...
Carronade, was Tomonaga the actual pilot of the Kate? I thought commanders like Tomonaga usually had the observer's position on the plane.
Ohhhhh! Extreme embarrassment!:eek: You are correct, the RAF Groups were 38 and 46, although both seemed to have done far more glider towing than...
Thanks for the good info on the carrying requirements! I think the Germans actually tried to blow the Nijmegen bridge as the Guards tanks rolled...
Numbers dispatched, including aborts and destroyed. D-Day: US IX Transport Command: 821 planes carrying paratroopers and 104 towing gliders....
There weren't enough aircraft to lift all of any of the three divisions on Day 1, this was one of the fundamental problems. the airborne...
Market-Garden needed another airborne division and some clear directions to the airborne regarding their primary objectives. The tasks assigned to...
In reality, the western allies didn't suffer any major disasters after the summer of 1942. The May-June Gazala & Tobruk battles, Dieppe in August....
The British 1st AB suffered around 8,000 P.O.W. The US 106th Infantry Division around 6,000. The 106th remained in being as a fighting force,...
This one is easy, as I don't think the Ardennes was a disaster at all. As others have pointed out the Bulge probably shortened the war....
You better get new glasses! Many people have mentioned the US Rangers. "Darby's" Rangers was the unofficial nickname of the the 1st Ranger Battalion.
Of Six US CVE's lost during WWII, two were lost to torpedoes, three to bomb/kamikaze hits and one to gunfire. Liscome Bay, CVE-56, Japanese...
IDECCTRC (I didn't even come close to remembering correctly) For the whole sorry saga of the winter uniforms see the link below, pages 218-235....
The bad weather favored the Germans, it was one of Hitler's pre-conditions for launching the offensive and was probably one of the few things the...
The'STARKEY' plan also included a series of Commando raids (14, of which 8were actually launched) and an amphibious training exercise codenamed...
You've probably already seen this, but just in case you haven't: From the history of COSSAC at History, Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commad...
Double post, see below.
The British 52nd Infantry Division was a light unit, trained and equipped for mountain or air landing operations, the three US divisions in...
