A Sherman tank and troops from the 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion, British 2nd Parachute Brigade together with their Greek allies, fighting against members of ELAS in Athens, December 18th
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British paratroopers of the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade take cover while engaged in street fighting in Athens against the communist backed βGreek Liberation Armyβ (ELAS); December 1944. The British supported the anti-communists during the Greek Civil War.
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The British Army in Greece 1944 Sherman tanks and troops from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, during operations against members of ELAS in Athens, 18 December 1944.
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3-inch mortar crew of the British 4th Parachute Regiment, 2nd Parachute Brigade in action near Venafro, Italy; 30 April - 1 May 1944 during the Battle on Monte Cassino. The Brigade later was engaged in Operation Dragoon (the invasion of Southern France) and in the British intervention in Greece.
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A paratrooper from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, takes cover on a street corner in Athens during operations against members of ELAS, 18 December 1944
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Troops of the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) drop in around the Tangail area in Bangladesh around 4:30 pm, December 11, 1971. Their objective was to attack and halt the retreating Pakistani 93rd Brigade and capture the Poongli Bridge (full story below)1
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A paratrooper from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, takes cover on a street corner in Athens during operations against members of ELAS, 18 December 1944.
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︎ Jun 27 2018
British Paratroopers (2nd Independent Parachute Brigade) in Athens, Greece helping the Greek Government / Nationalists put down a Greek Communist Resistance Uprising. December, 1944.
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British Royal Marines, 3 Commando Brigade, prepare to engage infantry from the Paratrooper Battalion 261, 2nd Parachute Infantry Company during NATO exercise VALIANT GUARD, near Eponia, Sahrani, August 23rd, 2017
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3-inch mortar crew of 4th Parachute Regiment, 2nd Parachute Brigade in action near Venafro, 30 April - 1 May 1944 [1024Γ1009]
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2nd Part to my resident evil arm sleeve, Leon S Kennedy done by Jamie at Seventytwostreet, United Kingdom
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Second World War veteran - Tadeusz Cisek, passed away today (aged 99), in the U.S.A. He was paratrooper of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade (1. Samodzielna Brygada Spadochronowa (Polish), and took part in Operation Market Garden (September 17th - 25th, 1944). [1080 x 1620]
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Paratroops from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, take cover on a street corner in Athens during operations against members of ELAS, 6 December 1944 [795 Γ 800]
imgur.com/lG8ZP
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︎ Dec 03 2012
2nd Parachute Brigade - Treated as a Number
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[November 2nd, 1921] The Emirate of Jabal Shammar, whose territory included most of the northern part of modern Saudi Arabia including the city of Ha'il, was conquered by the armies of the Sultanate of Nejd, led by Abdulaziz bin Abdul al-Saud, who united the Saudi kingdom under his control.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiβ¦
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︎ Nov 02 2021
Second World War veteran - Tadeusz Cisek, passed away today (aged 99), in the U.S.A. He was paratrooper of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade (1. Samodzielna Brygada Spadochronowa (Polish), and took part in Operation Market Garden (September 17th - 25th, 1944). [1080 x 1620]
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Polish paratroopers of the 1st (Polish) Independent Parachute Brigade (1 Samodzielna Brygada Spadochronowa), alongside a road near the Dutch city of Arnhem, (German-occupied) Netherlands, in Operation Market Garden of September 17th - 25th, 1944.
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Second World War veteran - Tadeusz Cisek, passed away today (aged 99), in the U.S.A. He was paratrooper of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade (1. Samodzielna Brygada Spadochronowa (Polish), and took part in Operation Market Garden (September 17th - 25th, 1944). [1080 x 1620]
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An unexploded parachute bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe. Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, October 1940. [800 x 980]
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The free-fallers of Airland Brigade 1 of the German Bundeswehr have been in Portugal practicing tactical parachute jumping with combat equipment.
reddit.com/gallery/r6108a
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