Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

He has twice returned to Germany to visit a comrade's grave At least 1,070 members of the US 17th Airborne Division and the British 6th Airborne Division, which included the Canadians, were killed ...

We had a very high casualty rate." At least 1,070 members of the US 17th Airborne Division and the British 6th Airborne Division, which included the Canadians, were killed and thousands more were ...

The original plan for Varsity involved three airborne divisions: the British 6th Airborne Division, veterans of the Overlord operation in Normandy, the U.S. 17th Airborne Division, recently ...

On June 6th, the people of Portsmouth awoke to find ... The Russians were making headway in the east. In the south, British and American forces had landed in Italy and were slowly moving north.

Now 89, the Scotsman has commemorated the efforts of his 13th Battalion the Parachute Regiment within the British 6th Airborne Division by recreating the same parachute jump. While Jock jumped tandem ...