The flowers will match the colour of the distinctive maroon beret worn by British airborne forces. ... Watch: Hundreds of paratroopers leap to mark daring WW2 offensive 21 September 2024.

Tulips planted to honour WW2 airborne forces. Image source, South Kesteven District Council. ... The flowers will match the colour of the distinctive maroon beret worn by British airborne forces.

On August 15, 1944, a vast Allied fleet stood off the coast of France. In the dark hours of the morning, thousands of American and British airborne troops landed inland in the Argens river valley ...

The Battle of Arnhem ended with the near-total destruction of the British Army’s 1st Airborne Division. The Allies’ plan for a quick march into Germany collapsed.

September 17, 1944, southern Holland. General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. From his balcony he watched an air armada of ...