Operation Slapstick
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Operation Slapstick was the code name for a British landing from the sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of
Aerial view of Taranto.
Locations of the Allied invasion of Italy.
Taranto naval base in the 1930s.
German paratroops (Fallschirmjäger) of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1.
The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was formed in late 1941 during the Second World War, after the British Prime M
Operation Slapstick
…Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943, was undertaken by airborne troops of the British 1st Airborne Division, commanded by Major-General George Hopkinson. Planned at short notice, the mission followed an offer by the Italian government to open the ports of…
Men from the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden fighting in the battle of Arnhem, September 1944.
British paratroopers training in Norwich, England, June 1941
King George VI inspects an airborne jeep fitted with a Vickers machine gun during a visit to the airborne forces in Southern Command, 21 May 1942. With him is Major General "Boy" Browning, GOC of the 1st Airborne Division.
Pegasus 1st Airborne beret