Operation Fustian
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Operation Fustian was an airborne forces operation undertaken during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 in the Second World War. Also known as the Battle of Primosole Bridge, the operation was
Primosole Bridge after capture, with damaged pill box on the right.
British paratroopers, before taking part in a practice parachute jump in April 1944.
Sicily 1943, British infantry with a Sherman tank to their rear.
German Fallschirmjäger of the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 in Oslo, 1940.
Operation Ladbroke
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Operation Ladbroke was a glider landing by British airborne troops during the Second World War near Syracuse, Sicily, that began on 9 July 1943 as part of Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicil
One of the 1st Airlanding Brigade's jeeps being loaded aboard a Waco Hadrian glider
Men from the 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, on 9 July 1943, just prior to take off. Note the folding airborne bicycle.
Remains of the Lamba Doria coastal battery, captured by 250 British commandos after about two hours of fighting, in the night of 10 July 1943.