Rare folding bicycle carried by British paratroopers as they parachuted into occupied Normandy on D-Day goes up for auction for £8,000 Bikes intended to help airborne troops cover ground quickly and quietly in 1944 Most of metal bikes were unceremoniously ditched once troops reached ground Private collector selling bike from estate of late member of … Read more
Rare folding bicycle carried by British paratroopers as they parachuted into occupied Normandy on D-Day goes up for auction for £8,000 Bikes intended to help airborne troops cover ground quickly and quietly in 1944 Most of metal bikes were unceremoniously ditched once troops reached ground Private collector selling bike from estate of late member of … Read more
Look out below! 250 British paratroopers jump into Ukraine in joint exercise with its army in show of force against Putin Around 250 Colchester-based soldiers dropped into the Ternivsky training area Troops parachuted into the country from 600ft from C-130 Hercules transport MoD said it built on strong relationship between Ukraine and UK’s armed forces Tensions … Read more
Stalin’s army invaded a Nazi airfield towards the end of World War II, killing a number of German soldiers and now archaeologist have found their final resting place. A mass grave unearthed in Poland contains skeletal remains of 18 paratroopers who met their demise in 1945. The pit also revealed weapons etched, tools etched with … Read more