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Operation Colossus: The First British Airborne Raid of World War II by Lawrence Paterson, Adrian Freer

• Operation Colossus: The First British Airborne Raid of World War II
• Lawrence Paterson, Adrian Freer
• Page: 256
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9781784383787
• Publisher: Pen and Sword

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Lawrence Paterson’s groundbreaking new book is a detailed account of the now legendary Operation Colossus, the first British airborne raid of the Second World War, which took place in Basilicata, Italy on 10 February 1941. Britain was one of the last major powers of the Second World War to establish an airborne arm of service. Formed by a collection of free-thinking army and air force officers, the fledgling British paratrooper unit, known as the ‘SAS’, deployed trial and error in terms of tactics and equipment, costing the lives of several volunteers before an elite few were selected to make the first British parachute raid of the war. Alongside the paratroopers were two veterans of the First World War: an Italian SOE agent, formerly a banqueting manager in London hotels, and an RAF reserve officer who held the Military Cross for bravery. Collectively known as ‘X-Troop’, these men were parachuted by specially selected bomber crews into the heart of enemy territory, where they successfully destroyed their target, the Tragino Aqueduct, before becoming the object of an exhaustive manhunt by Italian troops and civilians. Captured, they were variously interrogated, imprisoned, and the Italian SOE agent placed on trial for treason and executed. Given the distances that had to be covered, the logistical complications and the lack of any precedent, the raid was a remarkable feat. Its success or failure depended on a group of men using methods and equipment thus far untried by the British Army. They were truly ‘guinea pigs’ for those that would follow in their footsteps. Often overlooked in British military history, Paterson brings this extraordinary episode to light, drawing on verbatim testimony and interrogating the truth of previous accounts. From the formation of the unit and the build up to its first deployment, through Operation Colossus and its aftermath, to its ongoing legacy today, this is the fascinating story of the modern day British Parachute Regiment.

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The British airborne operations in North Africa were conducted by British paratroopers of the 1st Parachute Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Edwin Flavell, as part of the Tunisian Campaign of World War II, conducted the first British airborne operation, Operation Colossus, a raid against an aqueduct in southern Italy;  Operation Colossus : The First British Airborne Raid of World - eBay
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Have received some nice reviews of both Operation Colossus and addition to the body of literature on airborne forces in World War Two. New book - Operation Colossus: The First British Airborne Raid of World War II. The wrecking crew : Operation Colossus, 10 February 1941
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain. details of Operation Colossus, the first Allied airborne commando raid of the Second World War.

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