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ww airborne forces steel helmet with leather harnesssome service wear, remains a good example of the patternthe leather sweatband bears maker's details of 'ba scarce example by briggs motor bodies, ltd (dagenham), the skull is painted with light green finish and is complete with webbing and leather chin harnessb' and date stamp, size 7 5/8£800 paypal +4%, bank transfer or cash on collection
800 €
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Sas gurkhas 2 zulu wars red beret – stories of british airborne forces british campaigns in original cases and in a(collect from kirkby in ashfield) read more
5 €
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If the bridges had been captured and held, and the ground forces had been able to relieve the airborne forces, then there would have been a good chance of ending the war before christmasin the meantime, only a small part of the 1st british airborne division had reached the arnhem bridgethree airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of holland and unleash the allied armies into germanyafter nine days of fighting, the survivors of the division were withdrawn across the rhine and it was not until many months later that ground forces captured arnhemmost of the remainder of the airborne force was held up on the outskirts of the town by german units that turned out to be far stronger than expected  a major intelligence failurethe battle of arnhem was a turning-point in the war, a gamble by montgomery, using three airborne divisions to capture a series of bridges across the wide rivers that separated a powerful mobile army from the plains of northern germanysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author offers a masterly summary of what went wrong in the last major defeat in battle suffered by the british armyarnhem was meant to end the war in europethe germans were in retreat from normandy and seemed to be beatenusing the technique he has perfected over twenty-five years of military study, blending meticulous research based on original documents with the personal experiences of more than 500 participants, martin middlebrook describes the battle of arnhem from start to finish, from one end of that complicated battlefield to the otherillustrated with b&w platesit all went wrongthe initial operation was successful, the bridges taken by the americans were relieved by ground troops, but these troops could not reach arnhem quickly enoughoxfam bookshop west bridgford soft card covers with no dust jacket, whole book almost as new
12 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this book is full of untold short stories of men who created a legend, the legend of the british airborne forces during the second world warthe result was the 1st and 6th airborne divisions, and this is their story, as told by the men themselvesimpressed by the performance of the german paratroopers in belgium and the netherlands in , and on crete in , winston churchill ordered the creation of a british airborne force of no less than parachutistssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir task was to land behind enemy lines and take and hold or destroy key objectives while ground troops advanced toward themcovering everything from the initial training at hardwick hall and ringway through their first operations in north africa and italy, to d-day, operation market garden and the crossing of the rhine, this is a compelling account of the war fought by the paratroopers and their comrades in the glider units
4 €
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The soviet elite formations alone had a total strength comparable to that of the entire british armed forcesthe elite forces of the soviet union and its warsaw pact allies in the mid-s were undoubtedly the largest in the world, and among the least knownbesides the conventional military elite formations such as airborne and marine forces, most warsaw pact armies also possessed special, 'political' elite, which were used for internal securitybacked by numerous photographs and illustrations, this book uncovers the history, organization and equipment of both the conventional soviet elite formations and the often ignored security units
28 €
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New signed paperback copy of wwii diary of a red devil - by glider to arnhem with the 7th kings own scottish borderers - author: albert blockwell, edited by maggie clifton - unique personal account of the formation of britain's airborne forces and their epic actions during operation market gardenthen in late much to their surprise the unit was posted to lincolnshire to become the third infantry unit in the 1st airlanding brigade then in the process of returning from italy with the rest of the 1st airborne divisionsadly albert died in but his diary survived and his daughter maggie clifton has edited a unique account of the fighting at arnhem from the frontline soldier's perspectivealbert remained with this unit for all his war-time service, later going to the shetland islands when the 7th kosb were part of osdef (orkney and shetlands defence force)i also have a signed hardback version of this book, along with another account of the battle of arnhem for sale, a bridge too far by cornelius ryaninitially conscripted into the royal army ordnance corps and trained as a vehicle mechanic, he was then posted in march to a pre-war territorial unit - the 7th kings own scottish borderers, then a home defence unit based near londonthe battle of arnhemthis book relates to the war time experiences of a young man, albert blockwell from the north-east of england, who in february was called up for service with the armyindividual accounts are certainly in a minority and those from the lower ranks are even more scarcethe diary continues with a down to earth account of the highs and lows of the next few monthsthe copy is personally signed by the authors daughter, editor maggie clifton many books have been written about the second world war and the majority of them either concentrate on a particular battle, campaign or unithis diary is a most interesting account of a young vehicle mechanic who also had to learn to be a infantry soldiertaken prisoner on the last day his account then describes the spartan life in pow camp without pulling any punchesplease contact me for further detailsfeatures a large number of rare photographs and documents - this version is now out of printswapping their glengarries for red berets albert and his comrades had to adapt to their new way of getting to war by gliderthen in september albert flew to holland on operation market-garden and his account (written in pow camp) describes the savage nine days fighting at arnhem from the slit trench level
19 €
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Here we have a truly superb example of a philips dutch made hand cranked dynamo torch as supplied to the german armed forces of ww ii this is complete, in fully working order and very rare in this conditionbulb is original but readily available and changeable in secondscan post at cost read morepull the trigger and you get a short short blast of light
120 €
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The airborne toxic event - airborne toxic event ()
1 €
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A corgi toys no 420 ford thames airborne caravan in perfect original green paint with a brown /white interiora corgi toys no 420 ford thames airborne caravan comprising green and white body with brown interior, housed in the original clean all-card blue and yellow picture boxour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith blue and yellow original bright and fresh box, with all 6 flapsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
57 €
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It was the mainstay of soviet armoured forces throughout the second world warkit factory sealedsoviet industry would eventually produce over t-34s of all variants
19 €
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Burndept vhs 5 channel transceiver airborne radio be 255 & be 256 manuals including 9 channel crystalscollector's item
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Burndept vhs 5 channel transceiver airborne radio be 255 & be 256 manuals including 9 crystalscollector's item read more
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Ps3 new medal of honour airborne game forsale excellent condition read more
10 €
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101st airborne shoulder patch80 including postage to any uk postcodethis is a repro and not an official army issue
1 €
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Superbly made cloth 101st airborne shoulder patch in olive green50 including free postage and packaging to any uk postcodesize: 80mm x 63mmthese patches look great on t shirts, polo tops and baseball caps
2 €
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ww smartpoints cookbookthis is the ww smartpoints cookbook, it’s in excellent conditionposted by dee in books, comics & magazines, books in castlereagh
8 €
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62, airborne raiders uplease see my other adssize: large in good condition
3 €
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Original ww2 british airborne camouflage scrimunissued conditionwar department stamp still visible
60 €
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Call of duty 'ww ii' ps4 game call of duty 'ww ii' ps4 game disc in excellent condition
22 €
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4 airborne girths new surplus to requirements read more
3 €
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An original wwii combat used printed oil cloth usa flag, as used by american airborne troops as a form of recognition, during key operations of the war£250 paypal +4%, bank transfer or cash on collection
250 €
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Brand new unused 'airborne' style webbing, all pouches sewn onto a padded roll pin belt
60 €
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101st airborne badge was added after purchasebought for reenactment but never used this reproduction combat jacket is in as new condition
55 €
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Green airborne rucksack with side pouchesbought for hiking, used for a couple of times but due to health issues sadly needing to sell itin mint condition
100 €
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Robust 300m water resistant mwc tactical series of watches were specifically designed for marine, surface and airborne applications, they are manufactured to surpass us w-f type 6 specifications, these watches were ordered by a bulk contract client and are based on designs made in the mid ’s but with multiple upgrades main improvements are the solid stainless steel case (the s watches were carbon fibre), water resistance being increased by a factor of 10 from 30m to 300m (99ft to ft) and the addition of a screw down crown and heavy duty screw caseback etcour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storediameter excluding crown 42mm diameter including crown 44mm lug to lug 49mm crystal diameter 32mm water resistance 300m luminous material: swiss tritium gtls tubes ronda 715li with 10 year battery life screw down crown and caseback hardened mineral crystal thickness 14mm black strap + free omega style strap we are authorised dealer for mwc in the uk buy with confidant 2 years warranty from manufacturer we post insured/tracked read morethe bezel has high visibility numerals and the dial maintain high levels of accuracy at altitudes up to m / ft without compensatory pressurizationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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192 €
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The airborne toxic eventwe ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellationaction & adventurewe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possiblechildren's music & audio stories
14 €
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World war ii prequel following the journey of a group of airborne infantry soldiers who are parachuted into occupied france indisc surface unmarkedthe men's mission was to help clear a path for the main bulk of british and us soldiers advancing towards berlinhowever, landing in occupied territory is always a dangerous business and the soldiers soon find themselves fighting in close combat with german troops and teaming up with members of the french resistance who seek their helpsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe parachute regimental combat team jumped into the south of france on the 15th of august , landing behind enemy linesoxfam shop new street blu-ray in very good conditioncorbin allred, david nibley and jasen wade star
3 €
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Protections helmets x-lite x-903 ultra carbon airborne n comthis is x-lite’s exclusive high-carbon content version of their new top-of-the-range full face touring helmet•it is characterized by a sports-inspired design and an ample range of technical features, some of which are highly innovative
565 €
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Oxfam shop chequer street wonderful faded leather jacket from airborne leather principles see oxfam website for delivery information read more
40 €
